If the economy is in the recessionary phase of the business cycle, aggregate demand ___ unemployment ____ inflation ___ and the current account of the balance of payments is likely to move towards ____?

Related Mcqs:

1. If the economy is in the expansionary phase of the business cycle, aggregate demand ____ unemployment ____ inflation ____ payments is likely to move towards ____?

   A. falls; rise; falls; surplus
   B. is static; low; rise; deficit;
   C. falls; falls; falls; surplus
   D. rise; falls; rises; deficit

2. If the economy is in the though phase of the business cycle, aggregate demand ____ unemployment ______ inflation ______ and the current account of the balance of payments is likely to move towards ________?

   A. falls; falls; falls; surplus
   B. falls; rises; falls; surplus
   C. is static; low; rises; deficit
   D. rises; falls; rises; deficit

3. If the economy is at the peak of the business cycle, aggregate demand ____ unemployment _______ inflation _______ and the current account of the balance of payments is likely to move towards _______?

   A. rise; falls; rise; deficit
   B. falls; rises; falls; surplus
   C. falls; falls; falls; surplus
   D. is static; low; rises; deficit

4. Starting from a position where the nation’s money demand equals the money supply and its balance of payments is in equilibrium economic theory suggests that the nation’s balance of payments would move into a surplus position if there occurred in the nation a (an) ?

   A. increase in the money demand
   B. decrease in the money demand
   C. increase in the money demand
   D. None of the above

5. Starting from a position where the nation’s money demand equals the money supply and its balance of payments is in equilibrium its balance of payments would move into a surplus position if there occurred in the nation a (an) ?

   A. decrease in the money supply
   B. increase in the money supply
   C. decrease in the money demand
   D. None of the above

6. If two countries A and B are member of a currency union and there is a shift in consumer preferences away from the goods of country A and towards those of country B than which one of the following would help to offset the effect of the resulting changes in aggregate demand in A and B on inflation and unemployment in the tow countries ?

   A. A high degree of labour mobility between the tow countries
   B. An increase in government spending in country (A)
   C. A depreciation in the foreign exchange value of the common currency
   D. A low degree of capital mobility between the two countries

7. The Phillips curve is an extension of the model of aggregate supply and aggregate demand because, in the short run, an increase in aggregate demand increase price and ?

   A. decreases unemployment
   B. decrease growth
   C. increases unemployment
   D. decreases inflation

8. Suppose the economy is initially in long run equilibrium Then suppose there is a drought that destroys much of the wheat crop if policymakers allow the economy to adjust to long-run equilibrium on its own, according to the model to aggregate demand and aggregate supply what happens to prices and output in the long run ?

   A. Output rises; prices are unchanged from the initial value
   B. Output and the price level are unchanged from their initial values
   C. Output falls; prices are unchanged from the initial value
   D. Prices fall; output is unchanged from its initial value

9. If VAT rates rise, then costs are likely to ___ and demand is likely to ____?

   A. rise; rise
   B. rise; fall
   C. fall; fall
   D. fall; rise

10. An increase in aggregate demand is more likely to lead to demand pull inflation if ?

    A. Aggregate supply is perfectly elastic
    B. Aggregate supply is Perfectly inelastic
    C. Aggregate supply is unit elastic
    D. Aggregate supply is relatively elastic