Drawing Changes in AD/AS
Fiscal Policy
AD/AS + Multipliers
Other Unit 3 Stuff
Grab Bag
100

Draw the economy in long-run equilibrium, then illustrate the change(s): All graphs must be labeled properly!


The government decreases taxes by $2m

Increase in AD

100

These are the options for expansionary fiscal policy?

What is increase spending or decrease taxes?

100

The shifters of this curve are consumer spending, investment, government spending and net exports

What is Aggregate demand?

100

This graph shows the concept of stagflation

What is D?

100

This ACC university's motto is Ever to Excel, but the school is also influenced by a famous phrase from a 1630 speech by John Winthrop about a “city on a hill.” 

What is Boston College?

200

Draw the economy in long-run equilibrium, then illustrate the change(s): All graphs must be labeled properly!

There is a dramatic reduction in the price of oil

Increase SRAS

200

A contractionary fiscal policy is when the government decreases spending and increases taxes, and this is used to fight...

What is inflation?

200

This occurs on the AD/AS graph when the current equilibrium output is below the full employment output.

What is a Recessionary Gap?

200

This is the type of inflation that occurs when the price of resources to produce things increases, thereby increasing the price of the products.

What is cost-push inflation?

200

60 second blitz.

The group that can name the most countries that end in Land wins the points.

There are 7, they are...

England

Scotland

Ireland

Poland

New Zealand

Switzerland

Thailand

300

Draw the economy in long-run equilibrium, then illustrate the change(s): All graphs must be labeled properly!

Long run effect if the government were to offer a tax incentive to businesses who make new investments.

Increase LRAS

300

If the marginal propensity to consume is .75, and the government increases spending by $2 million, what is the maximum change in GDP? 

What is $8 million?

300

Real GDP increased by $600,000 and MPC is 0.2. Find the original change in aggregate demand

What is 480,000

Multiplier is 1.25

600,000/1.25

300

In 2020, the global pandemic decreased consumer and investment spending in the short run which caused...

a) Price Level to increase and GDP output to increase

b) Price level to decrease and GDP output to increase

c) Price level to increase and GDP output to decrease

d) Prive level to decrease and GDP output to decrease

What is D?

300

In Norse mythology, who is the trickster god associated with mischief and chaos?

Who is Loki?

400

Draw the economy in long-run equilibrium, then illustrate the change(s): All graphs must be labeled properly!

Foreign incomes significantly decrease

Decrease AD

400

If the marginal propensity to consume is .8, and the government increases taxes by $4 million, what is the maximum change in GDP? 

What is a decrease of $16 million? 

400

We observe an increase in the price level and an increase in real GDP.  Which of the following is a possible explanation?

a) The money supply has decreased

b) The price of raw materials has increased

c) The expectations of future profits has increased

d) There has been an increase in capital stock

What is C?

400

What discretionary fiscal policy action could bring the economy back to full employment output?

a) decrease government spending

b) increase taxes for businesses

c) cut taxes for individuals

d) increase minimum wage

What is C?

400

Before the 2026 Olympics, the last time the USA won gold in men's ice hockey was 1980. What country did they defeat in the gold medal game?

What is Finland?

500

 Draw the economy in long-run equilibrium, then illustrate the change(s): All graphs must be labeled properly!

The government increases spending and at the same time there is a dramatic increase in the price of resources on producers. 

PL and rGDP will either increase, decrease or be indeterminate. Which will happen?

PL increase

rGDP indeterminate

500

If MPC is .6, how much would the government need to cut taxes in order to fully close this gap?

What is 133.33billion

500

Dariel had his hours cut from his job, so that his disposable income decreased from $59,500/yr to $51,000/yr. His consumption dropped from $46,000/yr to $40,000/yr. Calculate his MPS

What is 0.294

500

What can we tell about unemployment from looking at this graph?

It's Less than NRU.

500

CLOSEST WINS:

What is the aggregate?

The total number of days William Henry Harrison served as president 

PLUS 

The approximate number of bridges in Venice

What is 466?

31 days + 435 bridges 

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