National Income and Current Account Quiz
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What does the simple open-economy Keynesian model consist of?

  • Consumption spending, wage rate fluctuations, and export spending
  • Consumption spending, investment spending, government spending, and export spending (correct)
  • Interest rate changes, government spending, and real income fluctuations
  • Investment spending, import spending, and aggregate demand
  • In the Keynesian income model, what is the focus on?

  • Desired expenditures and monetary considerations
  • Aggregate spending and price changes
  • Real income movements and interest rate changes
  • Aggregate spending and real income movements (correct)
  • What must be subtracted from desired expenditures to obtain the demand for home goods and services in the open-economy Keynesian model?

  • Import spending (correct)
  • Fluctuations in aggregate demand
  • Interest rate changes
  • Government spending
  • Why is the economy assumed to not be at full employment in the Keynesian income model?

    <p>Because of downward money wage rigidity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is assumed to be constant in the Keynesian income model?

    <p>Prices and wage rate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the incorporation of a foreign trade sector into a Keynesian income model impact the domestic saving/investment relationship and the multiplier?

    <p>It destabilizes the domestic saving/investment relationship and has an unpredictable impact on the multiplier</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did economist Catherine Mann suggest about the relationship between the U.S. economic boom and its trade deficit?

    <p>The economic boom will widen the U.S. trade deficit</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What would lead to a temporary narrowing of the U.S. trade gap, according to economist Catherine Mann?

    <p>A decrease in the value of the dollar</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Based on economist Catherine Mann's statement, what is expected if there are structural reforms encouraging faster global growth and boost in U.S. household savings rates?

    <p>The U.S. trade deficit will stabilize</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does economist Catherine Mann suggest is required to put the U.S. current account and trade deficits back on a sustainable path?

    <p>Structural reforms encouraging faster global growth and boost in U.S. household savings rates</p> Signup and view all the answers

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