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The largest component of U.S federal spending that contributes to the U.S. government budget deficit is | entitlements |
A property of an asset that makes it desirable for use as a means of settling debts maturing in the future is an | standard of deferring payment |
Which of the following is NOT a funchtion of money? | form of cerdit |
The two ways to define money are | the transactions approach and the liqiudity approach |
A problem with using fiscal policy to a fine-tune the is that | agreeing on the appropriate fiscal is time consuming |
A fedral deficit of $300 billon means that | the government is spending $300 billon a year more than it is collecting in taxes |
To evaluate relative changes in the net public debt, we must | compare it to the nation's real GDP |
The degree to which an asset can be acquired or disposed of without much loss of nominal value or trasaction costs is known as | liquidity |
The proposition that an incrase in the federal budgt deficit caused entirely by a current tax cut has no effect on aggregate demand is called the | Ricardian equivalence theorem |
Are federal budg deficits related to trade deficits? | Yes.As deficits spending goes up, it is likely government borrowing will,too. Then foreign residents who lend funds to the U.S have less to spend on our goods,so U.S expots will fall. |
The Fed buys securities and gives a bond dealer a check for the amount. After the check has cleared | reserves have risen by the amount of the check because the Fed clears the check by increasing the amount of the bank's deposits with the Fed. |
All of the following are automatic stabilizers EXCEPT | discretionary tax cuts |
The amount of the time that it takes between recognizing an economic problem and implementing policy to solve it is | the action time lag |
If Peter cashes a $10,000 check and puts the in his home safe, this is an example of | a currency drain. |
Supply-side economist argue that changes in tax rates cause changes in | all of the above. |
All of the following are automatic fiscal stabilizers EXCEPT | a congressionally mandated decrease in tax rates to stimulate the economy. |
Which of the following actions could be undertaken if the government wants to close a recessionary gab? | Reduce taxes and reduce government spending. |
Fiscal policy refers to the | adjustment of government spending and taxes in order to achieve certain national economic goal |
In the long run, higher government budget deficits will | lead to a redistribution of real GDP from privately produced goods and services to government produced goods and services. |
An example of an automatic stabilizer is | the progressive tax system |
Refer to the above figure. Suppose the economy is operating at point A. There is recessionary gap of ........., which can be closed by .... | $2 trillion; expansionary fiscal policy that generates another $2 trillion in total spending |
Required reserves are | transaction deposits multiplied by the required reserve ratio |
The two ways in which deficit spending can impose a burden on future generations are | by requiring future generations to face higher taxes and to work with a lower accumulated stock of capital goods. |
In the above figure, if the relevant aggregate demand curve is AD2 and if the government wants to use fiscal policy to close the gap, it could | decrease government spending |
Refer to above figure. The economy is currenntly operating at point C, Which of the followig actions would you recommend to the president of the United States? | Engage in contractionary fiscal policy by reducing government spending. |