Unemployment
Banking and Monetary Policy
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100

If Sam the expert cassette maker is unemployed recently due to the advent of streaming technology, his unemployment type is this 

What is structural unemployment? 

100

The money multiplier is equal to the reciprocal of this 

What is the reserve ratio? 

100
Expansionary fiscal policy entails decreasing taxes and increasing this.

What is government spending? 

100

If exports are $5 billion and imports are $2 billion, net exports equals this. 

What is $3 billion?

100

The relationship between inflation and unemployment can be illustrated on the short run of this. 

What is the Phillips' Curve? 
200

The natural rate of unemployment is represented by this curve. 

What is the long-run Phillips Curve? 

200

The maximum amount of money a bank in the limited reserves framework can loan out is equal to this. 

What is excess reserves? 

200

In order to slow down the economy from a period of high inflation, congress may vote to do these two things: 

Decrease government spending and increase taxes 

200

If the marginal propensity to consume is .7, this must be the marginal propensity to save. 

What is .3?
200
Changes in consumption, investment, government spending, or net exports will shift this curve .

What is aggregate demand? 

300

The natural rate of unemployment, found at the full employment level, is when there is none of this type of unemployment. 

What is cyclical? 

300

The amount banks charge each other for overnight loans is known as this

What is "the federal funds rate"? 

300

The goal of contractionary fiscal policy is to close this.

What is the recessionary gap ?

300

If the expected inflation rate is 6%, the nominal interest rate is 2%, and the actual inflation rate is 4%, what is the actual real interest rate?  

-2% 


actual real interest rate = nominal interest rate minus actual inflation rate. (2%-4% =-2%) 

300

When households begin to save more, this curve shifts right in the loanable funds market. 

What is the supply of loanable funds? 

400

A seasonal worker who is in between jobs is identified as this type of unemployed 

What is frictionally unemployed? 

400

The Federal Reserve moved to this framework after 2008. 

What is the ample reserves framework? 

400

When the US increases government spending, the supply of loanable funds will shift left, increasing this.

What is the real interest rate? 

400

Assume that the reserve requirement is 20%. If a bank has no excess reserves, and $10,000 cash is deposited, the maximum amount by which this bank may increase its loans is? 

What is $8,000

(.20*$10,000)

400

The "y-axis" of the reserve market graph. 

What is the policy rate? 

500

The dual mandate of the Federal Reserve requires the US Central Bank to do what? 

Maintain stable prices and promote full employment 

500

The banking system is Econland has ample reserves. Identify a monetary policy action that could be implemented to reduce inflation? 

What is increase administered rates? 

500

SNAP benefits and the progressive income tax system are examples of this.

Automatic stabilizers 

500

In an economy, Real GDP (base year = 1996) is $125 billion and the Nominal GDP is $150 billion. Calculate the GDP deflator.

What is $120 billion? 


(Divide nominal GDP by the real GDP and multiply times 100) 

500

In a limited reserves framework, the central bank may engage in this open market operation to increase the money supply 

What is buy bonds? 

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