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Macro test

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show depreciation  
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"Net foreign factor income" in the national income accounts refers to the difference between   show
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Which of the following is not economic investment?   show
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show a check for $250 sent by a parent to a daughter at college  
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Net exports are negative when   show
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Arthur sells $100 worth of cotton to Bob. Bob turns the cotton into cloth, which he sells to Camille for $300. Donita sells the dresses for $1,200 to kids attending the prom. The total contribution to GDP of this series of transactions is   show
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show the child-care services provided by stay-at-home parents  
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show $4,108 billion  
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show monetary value of all final goods and services produced within the borders of a nation in a particular year.  
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When local police and fire departments buy new cars for their operations, these are counted as part of   show
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Environmental pollution is accounted for in   show
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show All of these are identified as causes of business cycle changes.  
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show 8 percent  
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What are the primary effects of cost-push inflation?   show
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show not in the labor force  
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Kara voluntarily quit her job as an insurance agent to return to school full time to earn an MBA degree. With degree in hand, she is now searching for a position in management. Kara presently is   show
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show may cause the official unemployment rate to understate the true amount of unemployment.  
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The consumer price index was 177.1 last year and 179.9 this year. Therefore, the current rate of inflation is about   show
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show strucutural  
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In which phase of the business cycle will the economy most likely experience rising real output and falling unemployment rates?   show
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If the nominal interest rate is 5 percent and the real interest rate is 2 percent, then the inflation premium is   show
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show capital goods and durable consumer goods  
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Rising per-unit production costs are most directly associated with   show
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Recurring upswings and downswings in an economy's real GDP over time are called   show
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If actual GDP is $500 billion and there is a negative GDP gap of $10 billion, potential GDP is   show
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show that rate of unemployment occurring when the economy is at its potential output.  
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show cyclical  
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Cost-of-living adjustment clauses (COLAs)   show
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In the expansion phase of a business cycle,   show
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show demand-pull inflation  
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Which of the following constitute the types of unemployment occurring at the natural rate of unemployment?   show
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Personal saving is equal to   show
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show all the points at which consumption and income are equal.  
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Which of the following factors would decrease investment demand?   show
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The purchase of capital goods, like ____ consumer goods, can be postponed; it tends to contribute to _____ in investment spending.   show
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As disposable income increases, consumption   show
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show 0.80  
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show 0.1  
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Disposable Income Consumption $ 10,000 $ 12,000 18,000 18,000 26,000 24,000 34,000 30,000 42,000 36,000 50,000 42,000 Refer to the accompanying consumption schedule. If disposable income is $42,000, then saving is   show
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The relationship between the MPS and the MPC is such that   show
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show a decrease in disposable income  
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show decrease  
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If Matt's disposable income increases from $4,000 to $4,500 and his level of saving increases from $200 to $325, it may be concluded that his marginal propensity to   show
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show 0.12  
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Investment spending in the United States tends to be unstable because   show
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show $20 billion  
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show 12 billion  
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The MPC for an economy is   show
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If disposable income is $900 billion when the average propensity to consume is 0.9, it can be concluded that   show
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show an increase in the real rate of interest will reduce the level of investment.  
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If disposable income increases from $912 to $927 billion and MPC = 0.6, then consumption will increase by   show
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With a marginal propensity to save of 0.4, the marginal propensity to consume will be   show
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show 0.75, and the multiplier is 4.  
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show undertake the investment because the expected rate of return of 10 percent is greater than the real rate of interest.  
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show r is greater than i  
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Dissaving means   show
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