Macroeconomics Quiz 13 (20 MCQs)

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1. Congress almost approved a $ 400 million project to build a "bridge to nowhere" in Alaska back in 2005. This is an example of ..... spending.
2. Which of the following statements do not apply to investment in new technology?
3. The price of one nation's currency expressed in terms of another's currency is called
4. Identify which items below are correctly is not correctly matched
5. Refers to government revenue, spending, and debt
6. Another name for a "planned economy" is:
7. How do you calculate a budget deficit?
8. Banks chartered, or licensed, by state governments
9. The percentage change in quantity of goods and services produced from one year to another is called .....
10. If an economy is experiencing a contraction or recession, what phase of the business cycle would they experience next?
11. How much does the product of an economy vary, what is the spending and tax multiplier with the following information? Increase of 100 in the TAIncrease of 100 in the GMarginal propensity to consume of 0.5
12. An increase in which of the following would cause the long-run aggregate supply curve to shift to the right?
13. The phrase "a change in demand" most directly implies a
14. When economists collect statistics on production, income, investment, and savings
15. A surplus budget is one where
16. During the Great Recession of 2008 many realtors and builders lost their jobs because of a slowing economy. What type of unemployment did they experience?
17. What is the main focus of macroeconomics?
18. A country can have an absolute advantage in everything they produce.
19. The real interest rate is the lost opportunity cost of investment.
20. Comparing real GDP between two consecutive years is MOST useful in determining which economic measurement?