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5663351435ScarcityThe condition of a good or service being finite or limited in quantity.0
5663356807Opportunity CostA special kind of trade-off, the value of the next best thing. -What must be given up in order to receive something.1
5663366777Constant Opportunity Cost Increasing Opportunity CostConstant: The PPC has a constant slope Increasing: The PPC has a bowed out shape2
5663374346Consumer GoodsGoods bought and used by consumers, rather than by manufacturers for producing other goods.3
5663380780Capital GoodsManufactured goods used to make other goods and services.4
5663385365Economic System: CommandAn economy in which industry is publicly owned and a central authority makes production and consumption decisions.5
5663395007Economic System: Free-marketAn economy in which the decisions of individual producers and consumers largely determine what, how ,and for whom to produce with little government involvement in the decisions.6
5663408806Economic System: MixedAn economic system that allows for the simultaneous operation of publicly and privately owned enterprises -A combination of market, command, and traditional economic systems7
5663433521Draw a production possibilities curve. Label inefficient, efficient, and unattainable. Can you calculate the opportunity cost to go from one point to another?8
5663484282Identify the three shifters of the PPC.-Change in resources -Change in technology -Change in trade Rattata9
5663498318Draw a PPC matching each scenario with tuna and boats. 1. Unemployment rises due to a recession. 2. Increase in consumer demand for tuna. 3. New resources improve the production of boats.Answer in review10
5663505898Draw the Circular Flow Model. Be sure to label key transfers.11
5663514460What is the Law of Demand? If price increases, QD ___ If price decreases, QD ___Inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded. decreases, increases12
5663531193What is the Law of Supply? If price increases, QS ___ If price decreases QS ___Direct relationship between price and quantity supplied increases, decreases13
5663545187What is a price ceiling? What is a price floor?Ceiling: A legal cap on prices, the maximum price sellers can sell a product. Floor: Minimum legal price sellers can sell a product.14
5663564468Price ceilings occur ____ the equilibrium and result in a ____ Price floors occur ____ the equilibrium and result in a ____Ceilings: below, shortage Floors: above, surplus15
5663567417SubsidyGovernment payments to producers to control production or quantity in market16
5663592002Draw a simple supply and demand curve. Where is the equilibrium price and quantity located? If the price is higher than the equilibrium price, will there be a surplus or a shortage? If the price is lower than the equilibrium price, will there be a surplus or a shortage?1. If price is higher, there will be a surplus. 2. If price is lower, there will be a shortage17
5663609597Using the expenditures approach, what does GDP equal? What do the letters stand for?GDP= C+I+G+Xn C= consumer spending I= investment spending G= government spending Xn= net exports (exports-imports)18
5663624612What are the three things not included in GDP?-Intermediate goods and services -Non-production transactions -Non-market activities (ngita)19
5663641974Draw the business cycle and label the peak, recession, trough, and expansion20
5663653596What does the unemployment rate equal?UR= # of unemployed/labor force x 100%21
5663660977True or false: Investment spending is spending on financial assets like stocks and bonds.False22
5663667375True or false: Transfer payments are not counted in the calculation of GDP.True23
5663672938True or false: If the nominal GDP increases, then the economy is experiencing inflation.False24
5663672939True or false: If the nominal GDP increases, then the economy is experiencing growth.False25
5663683907True or false: An economy is not at full employment unless there is 0% unemploymentFalse26
5663691549True or false: Countries that have generous unemployment benefits have higher rates of unemploymentTrue27
5663698964True or false: Fast-food workers who are replaced by kiosks are considered structurally unemployedTrue28
5663704532Define the natural rate of unemployment. In the U.S., full employment is considered to be between ___% and ___%The unemployment rate that arises from the effects of frictional plus structural unemployment. -4 and 529
5663718476The economy is at full employment when there is no ____ unemployment.Cyclical30
5663724808Does this shift AD or AS? Consumer spendingAD31
5663727172Does this shift AD or AS? Investment spendingAD32
5663731062Does this shift AD or AS? Government spendingAD33
5663731063Does this shift AD or AS? Net exportsAD34
5663734368Does this shift AD or AS? Resource pricesAS35
5663737963Does this shift AD or AS? Government actions (Regulation, taxes, subsidies)AS36
5663737964Does this shift AD or AS? ProductivityAS37
5663755141Using AD-AS models, draw an economy in a recession and an economy with inflation38
5663773101In the long-run of a recessionary gap, wages will ____ and aggregate supply will ____ In the long-run of an inflationary gap, wages will ____ and aggregate supply will ____-decrease, increase -increase, decrease39
5663790972If fiscal policy is used to close a recessionary gap, the central bank could ____ spending or ____ taxes. If fiscal policy is used to close an inflationary gap, the central bank could ____ spending or ____ taxes.-increase, decrease -decrease, increase40
5663805860What is the spending multiplier? The tax multiplier?Spending multiplier: 1/MPS or 1/(1-MPC) Tax multiplier: MPC/MPS or I/MPS -141
5663833864$30 B gap -What is the least amount of G that will close the gap if MPC equals 0.5?$15 B42
5663841019$30 B gap -How much could the government cut taxes to close the gap if MPC equals 0.8?$7.5 B43
5663847310$30 B gap -How much could government cut taxes to close the gap if MPS equals 0.1?$3.33 B44
5663856472Deficit spending: If government spending increases without increasing taxes, the annual deficit ____ and national debt ____.Increases, increases45
5663858712Time LagsCongress takes time to decide and implement policy.46
5663867456Crowding Out: Quantity of loanable funds ____ and interest rates ____decreases, increases/ go up47
5663872735What happens to aggregate supply when people expect inflation? Workers will seek higher wages, costs of production will ____, causing AS to ____.Supply of the good decreases. -Go up/increase, decrease48
5663898495Draw and label an AS-AD model showing full employment marking the equilibrium point A. Draw and label the short and long run Phillips Curve and label point A. Show the result of a negative supply shock on both graphs and label the equilibrium point B.49
5663906270If interest rates fall, investment ____, causing capital stock to ____ and economic growth to ____.Increases, increase, increase50
5663933768If interest rates go up, investment ____, causing capital stock to ____ and economic growth to ____Decrease, decrease, decrease51
5663944912True or false: An increase in consumer spending leads to more economic growth.False52
5663951404True or false: Crowding out due to deficit spending causes less economic growth.True53
5663958782True or false: When the LRAS shifts right the natural rate of unemployment increases.False54
5663963968True or false: A sustained increase in productivity causes both the LRAS and PPC curve to shift to the right.True55
5663968262True or false: Economic growth is not dependent on how much people save or how much businesses invest, only how much they consume.False56
5663973223True or false: Increases in both the quality or quantity of the factors of production will cause economic growth.True57
5664027550What are the three functions of money?Medium of exchange Store of value Unit of account58
5664030931What are the three types of money?Commodity money Representative money Fiat Money59
5664036460Define commodity money. Provide examples.A good used as a medium of exchange that has intrinsic value in other uses. Ex: gold, silver, cigarettes in World War II60
5664047927Define representative money. Provide examples.Commodity-backed money; Money with no intrinsic value whose ultimate value is guaranteed by a promise that it can be converted into valuable goods. Ex: silver certificate61
5664057312Define fiat money. Provide examples.Money whose value derives entirely from its official status as a means of payment. Ex: U.S. dollar bill62
5664064082Draw and label the money market graph.63
5664075405When the interest rate increases, the quantity of money demanded ____.Decreases64
5664080100When the interest rate decreases, the quantity of money demanded ____.Increases65
5664090146What does the Federal Reserve do and what types of policy do they use?The Federal Reserve oversees and regulates the banking system and controls the monetary base. -It uses monetary policy.66
5664098753The FED is the ____ of the United StatesCentral bank67
5664101274What is the money multiplier equal to?1/reserve requirement68
5664109102RR= 10%, the FED buys $10 billion worth of bonds MS will ___ by ___ billion.Increases, $100 billion69
5664116674RR= 20%, the FED sells $5 billion worth of bonds MS will ___ by ___ billion.Decrease, $25 billion70
5664126193RR= 25%, the FED sells $2 billion worth of bonds MS will ___ by ___ billion.Decrease, $8 billion71
5664133867RR= 5%, the FED buys 5 billion worth of bonds MS will ___ by ___ billion.Increase, $100 billion72
5664174160When the economy is in a recession and the FED uses monetary policy to close the gap... MS __ -> ir ___ -> I ___ and C ___ -> AD ___increase, decrease, increase, increase, increase73
5664178117When the economy is in an inflation and the FED uses monetary policy to close the gap... MS __ -> ir ___ -> I ___ and C ___ -> AD ___decrease, increase, decrease, decrease, decrease74
5664183971Draw a FOREX model for USD relative to CAD75
5664189049What are the four shifters of the FOREX model?Changes in tastes and preferences, income, price level, and interest rates76
5664201699Draw the foreign exchange market for euros. show what happens to the value of euros relative to the USD if interest rates n Europe increase77
5664217671If U.S. tourists increase visits to Japan... USD ___ and YEN ___Depreciates, appreciates78
5664224882If the U.S. government significantly decreases personal income taxes... USD ___ and YEN ___Depreciates, appreciates79
5664231443If inflation in Japan rises significantly faster than is the U.S... USD ___ and YEN ___Appreciates, depreciates80
5664239133If Japan has a large budget deficit that increases interest rates in Japan... USD ___ and YEN ___Depreciates, appreciates81
5664347810If Japan places high tariffs on all U.S. imports... USD ___ and YEN ___Depreciates, appreciates82
5664355250If the U.S. suffers a significant recession... USD ___ and YEN ___Appreciates, depreciates83

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