ECON 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Ceteris Paribus, Sovereign Default, United States Treasury Security

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The budget deficit: spending and taxing numbers, the budget balance: deficits and surpluses, countercyclical policy and the budget deficit, deficits v debts, the benefits and costs of debt. You can spend or tax more or less, and the only difference to the policymaker lies in the relevant multiplier. Note that outflows are bigger than inflows in the last slide. The main elements of tr (medicare, social security) are often called entitlement programs. The textbook also calls entitlement programs implicit liabilities. By collecting social insurance taxes today, we are promising to spend on those people in the future. Compared to other wealthy countries, no: as a % of gdp, we spend less than almost everyone else. Of course, our economy is the largest in the world . The discussion of spending and taxing in the last class went on as if they had no connection.

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27.Individuals with low incomes probably

a. pay no Social Security tax

b. pay more Social Security tax than income tax

c. pay less Social Security tax than personal income tax

d. pay no taxes at all

e. are avoiding most of their tax payments

28. Which of the following is true?

a. The federal budget deficit is a flow and so is the national debt.

b. The national debt is both a stock and a flow.

c. The federal budget deficit is a stock and the national debt is a flow.

d. The federal budget deficit is a flow and the national debt is a stock.

e. The federal budget deficit is stock and so is the national debt.

30. When the U.S. government runs a deficit, it usually does the following:

a. it buys government bonds from the public

b. it asks the Treasury Department to print money to pay for the deficit

c. it sells new government bonds to the public

d. it borrows money directly from the Federal Reserve

e. it asks the Federal Reserve to print money to pay for the deficit

32. Under what condition can the U.S. government continue to pay interest on a rising debt without eventually needing to increase the average tax rate?

a. if the national debt grows at the same rate as nominal GDP

b. if the nominal interest on the national debt grows faster than nominal GDP

c. if the total interest payments on the national debt grow faster than nominal GDP

d. if the national debt grows faster than nominal GDP

e. if the real interest on the national debt grows faster than real GDP

34.The national debt

a. will be zero when the federal budget is balanced.

b. has been shrinking in the last 30 years.

c. is equal to the governmentâs budget deficit.

d. can grow without negative economic effects.

36.In the long run,

a. an increase in the federal budget deficit can lower the interest rate and investment spending.

b. an increase in the federal budget deficit can raise the interest rate and investment spending.

c. a decrease in the federal budget deficit can lower the interest rate and raise investment spending.

d. a decrease in the federal budget deficit can raise the interest rate and lower investment spending.

44. If the Fed conducts open market purchases (of bonds), we should expect to see the money supply

a. decrease, the interest rate increase, autonomous consumption decrease, business investment decrease, and real GDP decrease

b. increase, the interest rate decrease, autonomous consumption decrease, business investment decrease, and real GDP decrease

c. increase, the interest rate decrease, autonomous consumption increase, business investment increase, and real GDP increase

d. decrease, the interest rate decrease, autonomous consumption increase, business investment increase, and real GDP decrease

e. decrease, the interest rate increase, autonomous consumption increase, business investment increase, and real GDP increase

48. In the classical model the interest rate is determined in the money market; in the short-run macro model, the interest rate is determined in the market for loanable funds.

a. true

b. false

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40. If the inflation rate falls below the rate that is expected, which of the following will happen?
A) inflationary expectations will increase and the Phillips curve will shift downward in the short run
B) inflationary expectations will decrease and the short-run Phillips curve will shift downward in the long run
C) inflationary expectations will decrease and the short-run Phillips curve will shift upward in the long run
D) inflationary expectations will increase and the Phillips curve will shift upward in the short run
E) inflationary expectations will decrease and the Phillips curve will shift downward in the short run

41. Which case represents the largest increase in the real national debt?
A) the price level increases by 500 percent and nominal debt increases by 500 percent
B) the price level increases by 200 percent and nominal debt increases by 600 percent
C) the price level decreases by 50 percent and nominal debt increases by 300 percent
D) the price level increases by 400 percent and nominal debt increases by 200 percent
E) the price level decreases by 90 percent and nominal debt increases by 200 percent

42. Which of the following is a transfer payment?
A) the federal government's budget deficit
B) unemployment compensation payments
C) military spending
D) wages of government employees
E) the excise tax on gasoline

43. One problem with using countercyclical fiscal policy is that
A) it may take months for the policy to be enacted
B) the policy may take effect too quickly
C) the money supply cannot be changed until several months have passed
D) tax cuts must be matched with spending changes
E) it has no effect on consumption spending

44. Suppose you are the president of a large bank. In which situation would you be most reluctant to loan money to a country?
A) its nominal debt is $10 trillion
B) its nominal debt is 1 percent of nominal GDP
C) its nominal deficit is $150 billion
D) its real deficit is 100 percent of real GDP
E) its real debt is 1 percent of real GDP

45. The national debt
A) can be paid off without major economic effects
B) need never be paid off
C) is no more serious a problem than is a corporation's debt
D) should not exist during a period of economic prosperity
E) is the simple sum of post budget deficits

46. Tax avoidance
A) reduces the difference between the average and marginal tax rates
B) increases federal revenue when it reduces the need for IRS workers
C) reduces federal revenue but does not affect tax progressivity
D) makes the tax system less progressive
E) makes the tax system more progressive

47. The national debt
A) is currently greater than the annual federal deficit
B) is reduced by the revenue generated from the federal deficit
C) decreases as the deficit is reduced
D) is a flow variable
E) varies depending on developments in the stock market

48. In the long run,
A) a larger budget deficit means a larger money supply
B) lower investment spending means slower growth of the standard of living
C) a larger budget deficit means higher consumption spending
D) a larger budget surplus means a smaller capital stock
E) government spending has no effect on the budget deficit or surplus

49. In an expansion,
A) federal budget deficits tend to rise
B) federal budget deficits tend to fall
C) the federal debt tends to rise faster than in a recession
D) federal government tax receipts tend to fall
E) there is pressure on the Fed to monetize the debt

50. Which of the following is not considered an automatic stabilizer?
A) food stamp program for people with low incomes
B) welfare program for families with dependent children
C) Medicaid, a health program for the poor
D) financial assistance for disabled people
E) unemployment programs that pay benefits to those who lose their jobs

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6. The TB (i.e., EX â IM) is part of the short-run spending equation. With sticky prices, what would be the effect on the TB with an increase (depreciation) of the home nation's exchange rate?

A. Consumers in the home nation would find it more expensive to buy domestic goods compared to foreign goods, and the trade balance would decrease.

B. Consumers in the home nation would cut back on both domestic and foreign goods and the trade balance would decrease.

C. Consumers in the home nation would increase spending on both domestic and foreign goods, and the trade balance would be unchanged.

D. Consumers in the home nation would increase spending on domestic goods and decrease spending on foreign goods, causing the trade balance to increase.

11. A shift to the left by the IS curve can be achieved by all of the following EXCEPT a(n):

A. decrease in government spending.

B. increase in taxes.

C. increase in the foreign interest rate.

D. decrease in future expected exchange rate Ee.

13. The LM curve will shift to the left, if there is a(n):

A. increase in money supply.

B. increase in interest rate.

C. decrease in money supply.

D. increase in output.

14. If taxes fall and foreign income falls, what will happen to output, ceteris paribus?

A. It will rise.

B. It will stay the same.

C. It will fall.

D. It is uncertain what will happen.

15. Using the IS-LM-FX framework, if we observe that income and interest rate both rise in the Eurozone, this could be the result of

A. contractionary monetary policy pursued by the European Central Bank.

B. expansionary monetary policy pursued by the Federal Reserve System (U.S. central bank).

C. a stock market crash in the Eurozone.

D. increases in government spending in the Eurozone.

18. Whenever U.S. government spending increases,

A. output will not change at all if the U.S. fixes the exchange rate of dollar against major currencies.

B. output will increase by a larger amount when dollar floats than when dollar pegs to other currencies.

C. output will increase by a smaller amount when dollar floats than when dollar pegs to other currencies.

D. output will not change at all since the U.S. adopts a flexible exchange rate.

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