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Which of the following statements is true?

a. Demand-pull inflation is caused by excess total spending

b. Cost-push inflation is caused by an increase in resource costs.

c. If nominal interest rates remain the same and the inflation rate falls, real interest rates increase.

d. If real interest rates are negative, lenders incur losses

e. All of these answers are correct.

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Which of the following statements is true?

a) demand-pull inflation is caused by excess total spending

b) cost-push inflation is caused by an increase in resource costs 

c) if nominal interest rates remain the same and the inflation rate falls real interest rate increases 

d) if real interest rates are negative, lenders incur losses

e) all of these answers are right

Suppose expected inflation was 2% and actual inflation was 4%. Then the ex post real interest rate was ---- than the ex ante real interest rate and there was a redistribution of wealth from ----.

a higher; borrowers to lenders

b higher; lenders to borrowers

c lower; borrowers to lenders

d lower; lenders to borrowers

Suppose that, in the short run, the price level is sticky (fixed) but nominal interest rates adjust to achieve equilibrium in the money market. According to the liquidity preference theory, if the central bank increases the money supply, then short-term nominal interest rates

a rise.

b fall.

c remain unchanged.

All else equal, if the ratio of reserves to deposits increases, the money supply

a increases

b decreases

c remains the same

Depreciation is tax-deductible but based on the historical cost of capital. If inflation is positive, then the corporate income tax ---- investment.

a encourages

b discourages

c has no effect on

If the price index for capital goods is the same as the price index for other goods, an index of the real cost of capital, in the absence of taxes, is the

a nominal interest rate plus the depreciation rate.

b real interest rate plus the depreciation rate.

c purchase price of a capital good multiplied by the sum of the nominal interest rate plus the depreciation rate.

d purchase price of a capital good multiplied by the sum of the real interest rate plus the depreciation rate.

If we observe an increase in real GDP and an increase in the price level after an increase in aggregate demand, we can conclude that

A. the aggregate supply curve is upward sloping.

B. the economy is now at full employment.

C. the aggregate supply curve is vertical.

D. the aggregate supply curve is horizontal.


An inflationary gap occurs when

A. the equilibrium level of real GDP is greater than the long-run aggregate supply curve.

B. short-run aggregate supply falls, but other things remain constant.

C. the equilibrium level of real GDP is less than the long-run aggregate supply curve.

D. aggregate demand falls, but other things remain constant.


Cost-push inflation is

A. inflation caused by decreases in aggregate supply that are not matched by decreases in aggregate demand.

B. inflation caused by decreases in aggregate supply that generate an even larger decrease in aggregate demand.

C. inflation caused by increases in aggregate demand that generate an even larger increase in aggregate supply.

D. inflation caused by increases in aggregate demand that are not matched by increases in aggregate supply.


A stronger dollar in world exchange markets is shown by

A. a dollar buying less units of foreign currency than it could before.

B. a dollar buying more units of foreign currency than it could before.

C. a dollar buying the same amount of foreign currency than it could before, with gold backing up the value of the dollar.

D. foreigners selling the dollars that they have.

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