A. increase; increase
B. decrease; increase
C. increase; decrease
D. decrease; decrease
Related Mcqs:
- Automatic stabilisers act to ____ government expenditures and ____ government revenues during recessions ?
A. increase: increase
B. decrease; decrease
C. increase; decrease
D. decrease; increase - Expansionary fiscal policy in the classical model will cause aggregate demand to _______ potential output?
A. exceeds
B. fall below
C. fluctuate around
D. remain equal to - What is called when government spending overwhelms government revenue resulting in government borrowing ?
A. Budget deficit
B. Deficient financing
C. Unbalanced spending
D. Deficit spending - If the state Bank of Pakistan wished to pursue an expansionary monetary policy it would ?
A. increase the minimum reserve asset ratio.
B. buy government securities on the open market
C. raise interest rates
D. sell government securities on the open market - If a country’s policy makers were to continuously use expansionary monetary policy in an attempt to hold unemployment below the natural rate the long-run result would be ?
A. an increase in the level of output
B. a decrease in the unemployment rate
C. an increase in the rate of inflation
D. All of these answers - According to the Phillips curve, in the short run, if policy makers choose an expansionary policy to lower the rate of unemployment ?
A. The economy will experience an increase in inflation
B. The economy will experience a decrease in inflation
C. Inflation will be unaffected if price expectations are unchanging
D. None of these answers - The chain of events that results from an expansionary monetary policy is ?
A. aggregate output increases the demand for money increase the interest rate increase planned investment
B. money supply increases the interest rate decrease planned investment increases aggregate output increases and money demand increase
C. money supply increases the interest rate increase planned investment increases aggregate output increases and money demand increases
D. money demand increases the interest rate decreases planned investment increases aggregate output increases and money demand increases - An example of an expansionary monetary policy is ?
A. a reduction in the taxes banks pay on their profits.
B. an increase in the required reserve ratio
C. an increase in the discount rate
D. the Central bank buying government securities in the open market - 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 - Expansionary monetary policy ?
A. tends to lead to an appreciation of a nation’s currency
B. tends to lead to a depreciation of a nation’s currency
C. usually has no effect on a currency’s exchange value
D. tends to lead to a depreciation of the currencies of other nations
