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 increases taxes by $2mil and increases spending by $2mil

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 A?

100

The founder of this university willed his South Carolina home & 814 acres to start an agricultural college

What is Clemson?

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

In order from left to right, what are the colors of the Olympic rings.

What are blue, yellow, black, green, red

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 overall change in GDP? 

What is $8 million?

300

Real GDP increased by $600,000 and MPC is 0.45. Find the original change in aggregate demand

What is 330,000

Multiplier is 1.818

600,000/1.818

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

A decathlon is comprised of 10 track and field events. The team that can name the most events correctly wins the points.

What are

100m

Long Jump

Shot Put 

High Jump

400m

110m hurdles

Discus

Pole Vault

Javelin

1500m

400

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

Foreign incomes significantly increase

Increase AD
400

If the marginal propensity to consume is .8, and the government increases taxes by $4 million, what is the overall 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

With Elvis Presley the leader in the clubhouse, in order for an album to be considered platinum it has to have sold this many copies.

1 million

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; less than 4%

500

Which is HIGHER...

The total number of days William Henry Harrison served as president 

or

The percentage of speeches in Shakespeare plays that are recited by female characters.

Days Harrison served as president 

31 days vs. 17%