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ECN 204 Study Guide - Real Interest Rate, Household Debt, Demand Curve

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23 Apr 2011
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Ryerson University
Department
Economics
Course
ECN 204
Professor
Thomas Barbiero

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Related Questions

Which of the following will not cause the consumption schedule to shift?

A) a sharp increase in the amount of wealth held by households

B) a change in consumer incomes

C) the expectation of a recession

D) a growing expectation that consumer durables will be in short supply 

The consumption schedule shows:

A) that the MPC increases in proportion to GDP.

B) that households consume more when interest rates are low.

C) that consumption depends primarily on the level of business investment.

D) the amounts households plan or intend to consume at various possible levels of aggregate income.

The average propensity to consume (APC) equals

the change in real disposable income divided by the change in consumption expenditures.

the change in consumption expenditures divided by the change in real disposable income.

real disposable income divided by consumption expenditures.

consumption expenditures divided by real disposable income.

The consumption function shows how much

households plan to consume per year at each level of real disposable income.

households plan to consume per year at each level of savings.

households plan to consume per year at each possible interest rate.

real disposable income people will earn at each income tax bracket.

Saving is

the accumulation of past periods of savings while savings is the amount of disposable income that is not consumed in a given period of time.

the amount one does not consume in a given period of time while savings is the accumulation of past periods of saving.

the difference between disposable income and spending on goods and services while savings is the difference between real GDP and disposable income.

the difference between real GDP and disposable income while savings is the difference between disposable income and consumption spending.

Thinking as an economist would, which is true of investment?

Investment represents spending on capital goods.

Investment is a stock concept.

Investment is putting money into stocks and bonds.

It is the portion of disposable income that is not used for consumption or saving.

An appreciation of the U.S. dollar ________ the price of U.S. imports, and ________ the price of U.S. exports.

lowers, lowers

increases, increases

increases, lowers

lowers, increases

QUESTION 33

Other things being equal, if input prices rise in a country, then there would be

cost-push inflation.

demand-pull inflation.

cost-push deflation.

more production and a lower price level.