Description : Given the supply quantity which is fixed an increase in aggregate demand will have direct impact on (a) Increase in GDP ; (b) Inflationary pressure ; (c) Greater employment opportunity; (d) More equitable distribution of income and wealth
Last Answer : (b) Inflationary pressure ;
Description : In a market economy equilibrium price is reached at (a) Point of interaction of aggregate demand and aggregate supply curve; (b) At the top of demand curve ; (c) Midpoint of demand curve ; (d) Midpoint of supply curve
Last Answer : (a) Point of interaction of aggregate demand and aggregate supply curve;
Description : Acording to Keynesian theory of income determination, at full employment, a fall in aggregate demand causes - (1) a fall in prices of output and resources (2) a fall in real gross National product ... a rise in real gross National product and investment (4) a rise in prices of output and resources
Last Answer : (1) a fall in prices of output and resources Explanation: In 1936, John Maynard Keynes published the book "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money to explain the prolonged and ... at a below-full-employment equilibrium. Suppose that the economy is at the full-employment equilibrium.
Description : According to Keynesian theory of income determination, at full employment, a fall in aggregate demand causes (1) a fall in prices of output and resources (2) a fall in real gross National product and ... rise in real gross National product and investment (4) a rise in prices of output and resources
Last Answer : a fall in prices of output and resources
Description : An increase in product price will cause (a) quantity demanded to decrease (b) quantity supplied to decrease © quantity demanded to increase (d) the demand curve to shift to the left
Last Answer : (a) quantity demanded to decrease
Description : If price of Choco bar decreases we except (a) The quantity demanded to increase ; (b) Quantity demanded to decrease; (c) Demand curve to shift left ; (d) No change in quantity demanded
Last Answer : (a) The quantity demanded to increase ;
Description : According to the aggregate supply curve, what happens as the price level increases?
Last Answer : Firms have more of an incentive to increase output.
Description : What might happen to aggregate supply curve if there was a significant increase in the cost of foreign oil?
Last Answer : The aggregate supply curve shifts to the left as the price of key inputs rises, making a combination of lower output, higher unemployment, and higher inflation possible. When an economy experiences stagnant growth and high inflation at the same time it is referred to as stagflation.
Description : Laffer curve is related to (a) Tax rate and tax revenue. (b) Aggregate tax and aggregate non-tax revenue. (c) Total tax burden and total payment burden. (d) Total income and total expenditure.
Last Answer : (c) Total tax burden and total payment burden.
Description : Pick up the correct statement from the following: (A) Continuous grading is not necessary for obtaining a minimum of air voids (B) The omission of a certain size of aggregate is shown by ... in concrete increases the workability but also increases the liability to segregation (D) All the above
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : Would a wage increase affect aggregate demand or supply?
Last Answer : I don’t know much about economics, but the third option is that the effects might cancel out, meaning no change.
Description : What is aggregate supply exceeds aggregate demand what is likely to result?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : Concern about an international crisis has caused consumers to save their money and postpone big purchases. What is the effect on aggregate demand and aggregate supply?
Last Answer : aggregate demand will decrease, lowering both real GDP and the price level
Description : Inflation occurs when aggregate supply is - (1) more than aggregate demand (2) less than aggregate demand (3) equal to aggregate demand (4) None of these
Last Answer : (2) less than aggregate demand Explanation: If the supply is less than the demand, the price will increase. Inflation, the persistent increase in the average price level, can be ... Translating this to the macro-economy suggests that inflation occurs when aggregate demand exceeds aggregate supply.
Description : When aggregate supply exceeds aggregate demand - (1) unemployment falls (2) prices rise (3) inventories accumulate (4) unemployment develops
Last Answer : (3) inventories accumulate Explanation: Deflation sets in when aggregate supply exceeds aggregate demand. Recession sets in. This will lead to a buildup in stocks (inventories) and this sends a signal to ... Either way -there is a tendency for output to move closer to the current level of demand.
Description : Demand in Economics means : (1) Aggregate demand (2) Market demand (3) Individual demand (4) Demand backed by purchasing power
Last Answer : (4) Demand backed by purchasing power Explanation: Demand ' in Economics refers to the quantity of a good or service consumers ate able and willing to buy at a given price in a given market during a specified time period , other things beings equal.
Description : According to the effective demand principle: a) at a certain price, the output shall not be determined by any known factor b) at a certain price, the output will remain unaffected by rise or ... certain price, equilibrium output will be solely determined by the aggregate demand d) none of the above
Last Answer : c) at a certain price, equilibrium output will be solely determined by the aggregate demand
Description : Which of the following does not cause a shift in aggregate demand ? (a) Consumption (b) Government expenditure (c) Investment (d) Prices
Last Answer : (d) Prices
Description : Which of the following statem Which of the following statements are true about an ents are true about anticipation inventory? ticipation inventory? a)Inventory increases during periods of light demand b ... c)Increase in anticipation inventory leads to increases in pipeline inventory d)Both a and b
Last Answer : d)Both a and b
Description : The transport The transportation method may be used to determine ation method may be used to determine the costs of the costs of alternati alternative strategies for ve strategies for anticipation ... planning period b)Aggregate demand per planning period c)Beginning inventory d)All of the above
Last Answer : d)All of the above
Description : The operati The operations area input to the aggregat ons area input to the aggregate plan includes: e plan includes: a)Demand forecasts b)Cost data c)work-force capacities d)Product design changes
Last Answer : a)Demand forecasts
Description : An increase in aggregate demand is more likely to lead to demand pull inflation (a) If aggregate supply is completely elastic (b) If aggregate supply is completely inelastic © If aggregate supply is unitary elastic (d) If aggregate supply is moderately elastic
Last Answer : (b) If aggregate supply is completely inelastic
Description : Demand pull inflation may be caused by (a) An increase in cost (b) A decrease in interest rate © A reduction in government spending (d) An outward shift of aggregate supply.
Last Answer : (b) A decrease in interest rate
Description : If an increase in investment leads to a bigger increase in national income (a) Accelerator (b) Aggregate demand © Monetarism (d) Multiplier
Last Answer : (d) Multiplier
Description : The cost of borrowing is equal to marginal propensity to consume. 21. Investment is (a) An injection that increases aggregate demand (b) An withdrawal that increases aggregate demand © An injection that decreases aggregate demand (d) An withdrawal that decreases aggregate demand
Last Answer : a) An injection that increases aggregate demand
Description : An increase in consumption at any given level of income will lead to (a) Higher aggregate demand. (b) An increase in exports. © A fall in taxation revenue. (d) A decrease in import spending.
Last Answer : (a) Higher aggregate demand.
Description : In explaining the level of unemployment, Keynes emphasized,- (a) Changes in technology. (b) Aggregate demand. © Inflationary expectations. (d) Lending by financial institutions.
Last Answer : (b) Aggregate demand.
Description : Market equilibrium of a commodity is determined by (a) Balancing of demand and supply position ; (b) Aggregate demand ; (c) Aggregate supply; (d) Government intervention
Last Answer : (a) Balancing of demand and supply position ;
Description : In general, deficit financing can create inflation, but it can be checked if. A) Government expenditure increases the aggregate supply in the aggregate demand ratio B) All the investment is indicated as payment on national debt only C) Only aggregate demand is increased D) All of the above
Last Answer : Answer: D
Description : Inflation occurs when aggregate supply is (1) more than aggregate demand (2) less than aggregate demand (3) equal to aggregate demand (4) None of these
Last Answer : less than aggregate demand
Description : When aggregate supply exceeds aggregate demand (1) unemployment falls (2) prices rise (3) inventories accumulate (4) unemployment develops
Last Answer : inventories accumulate
Last Answer : Demand backed by purchasing power
Description : Trade Gap means A. Gap between total GDP and total consumption B. Gap between total imports and total exports C. Gap between available liquidity and expected demand in next five months D. Gap between budgeted revenue collection and actual collection of the same E. None of the above
Last Answer : B. Gap between total imports and total exports Explanation: The amount by which the value of a country‘s visible imports exceeds that of visible exports; an unfavourable balance of trade.
Description : To ensure constant moisture content in aggregates (A) Area of each aggregate pile should be large (B) Height of each aggregate pile should not exceed 1.50 m (C) Aggregate pile should be left for 24 hours before aggregates are used (D) All the above
Description : Which of the following occurs when labour productivity rises? (1) The equilibrium nominal wage falls. (2) The equilibrium quantity of labour falls. (3) Competitive firms will be induced to use more capital (4) The labour demand curve shifts to the right
Last Answer : (4) The labour demand curve shifts to the right Explanation: As labour productivity increases, the production function shifts up and simultaneously the labor demand curve shifts out and right. At ... , the production function shifts up and simultaneously the labor demand curve shifts out and right.
Description : An exceptional demand curve is one that moves - (1) upward to the right (2) downward to the right (3) horizontally (4) vertically
Last Answer : (2) downward to the right Explanation: A demand curve that violates the law of demand is termed an exceptional demand curve. If a household expects the price of a commodity to increase, it may ... backward slope from the top right to down left. This curve is known as an exceptional demand curve.
Description : When there is a change in demand leading to a shift of the Demand Curve to the right, at the same price as before, the quantity demanded will - (1) decrease (2) increase (3) remain the same (4) contract
Last Answer : (2) increase Explanation: In economics, the demand curve is the graph depicting the relationship between the price of a certain commodity and the amount of it that consumers are willing and able to ... is movement along a demand curve when a change in price causes the quantity demanded to change.
Description : Demand curve remaining the same, if the supply curve shifts to the right then (a) Price and quantity move in the same direction (b) Price and quantity move in the opposite direction © Price and quantity remain unchanged (d) None of the above.
Last Answer : (b) Price and quantity move in the opposite direction
Description : Which of the following occurs when labour productivity rises ? (1) The equilibrium nominal wage falls. (2) The equilibrium quantity of labour falls. (3) Competitive firms will be induced to use more capital (4) The labour demand curve shifts to the right
Last Answer : The labour demand curve shifts to the right
Description : An exceptional demand curve is one that moves (1) upward to the right (2) downward to the right (3) horizontally (4) vertically
Last Answer : downward to the right
Description : When there is a change in demand leading to a shift of the Demand Curve to the right, at the same price as before, the quantity demanded will (1) decrease (2) increase (3) remain the same (4) contract
Last Answer : increase
Description : How does the nominal and real values of things affect the aggregate behavior of a society?
Last Answer : In Economics, the nominal values of something are its moneyvalues in different years
Description : Neoclassical economics concerns itself with the determination of various prices. In the branch of Microeconomics, economists are concerned with _________, while in Macroeconomics they consider _________ (a) Price ... prices: the aggregate price level ; (d) Costs to consumers: costs to producer
Last Answer : (c) Individual product prices: the aggregate price level ;
Description : What Real GDP divided by the total population is?
Description : Suppose an economy’s entire output is cars. In Year 1, all manufacturers produce cars at $15,000 each; the real GDP is $300,000. In Year 2, 20 cars are produced at $16,000 each.?
Last Answer : What is the real GDP in Year 2? (Hint: Find out how many cars were made in year 1 by dividing the total values of all cars by their individual costs)
Description : 6. Using the numbers in question 5, the Real GDP for 2002 is: a. $400 b. $500 c. $800 d. $900 e. $1,300
Last Answer : c. $800
Description : 8. If the government lowers taxes by $10 billion, the Real GDP will rise by a. more than $10 billion b. less than $10 billion c. exactly $10 billion
Last Answer : a. more than $10 billion
Description : 6. Assume that Potential Real GDP equals $10,000. National Income is therefore $10,000. Of this, consumers will pay $2,000 in taxes, save $1,000, and spend $7,000 on consumer goods. Business Investment ... . budget deficit of $1000 c. budget surplus of $1000 d. budget deficit of $2000 C C A A C
Last Answer : c. budget surplus of $1000
Description : 5. Disposable Income is equal to: a. National Income c. National Income Minus Taxes b. Real GDP c. National Income Minus Taxes d. National Income Minus Taxes Plus Transfers
Last Answer : d. National Income Minus Taxes Plus Transfers
Description : 4. For which of the following reasons might inflation cause Real GDP to grow slower than it otherwise would? a. Inflation makes everyone poorer b. Inflation reduces the value of consumer debt c. Inflation increases business investment spending d. Inflation decreases savings in financial form
Last Answer : d. Inflation decreases savings in financial form