A. Nominal wages have risen less than inflation
B. Nominal wages have risen at the same rate as inflation
C. Nominal wages have risen more than inflation
D. Nominal wages have risen less than unemployment
Related Mcqs:
- The short run marginal cost curve cuts the short run total cost curve and short run average variable cost curve ?
A. At their lowest points
B. When they are declining
C. When they are increasing
D. When marginal revenue is zero - Unemployment benefits may increase the unemployment rate because unemployment benefits ?
A. encourage people to quit their jobs
B. reduce the cost of job search
C. enable people to quit searching for work
D. reduce the benefits of additional job searching - 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 - The measured unemployment rate can be pushed below the natural rate, but ?
A. only in the short run, and not without inflation
B. only in the long run and not without inflation
C. only is the short run and only if the price level is constant
D. only in the long run and only if the price level is constant - Suppose two economists are arguing about policies that deal with unemployment. One economist says. The government could lower unemployment by one percentage point if it would just increase government spending by 50 billion dollars the other economist responds Nonsense and poppycock! If the government spent an additional 50 billion dollars it would reduce unemployment by only one tenth of one percent. and that effect would only be temporary! These economists ?
A. None of these answers
B. Disagree because they have different scientific judgments
C. really don’t disagree at all. It just appears that they disagree
D. disagree because they have different values - The natural rate of unemployment is likely to fall if ?
A. unemployment benefits increase
B. Income tax increases
C. More training is available for the unemployed
D. Geographical immobility increases - 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 - In the long run, the Phillips curve will be vertical at the natural rate of unemployment if ?
A. the long-run aggregate demand curve is horizontal at the natural rate of inflation
B. the long run aggregate demand curve is vertical at potential GDP
C. the long run aggregate demand curve is vertical at potential GDP
D. The long run supply curve is horizontal at the natural rate of inflation - Assume that Country A is relatively abundant in labor and Country B is relatively abundant in land Note that wages are the returns to labor and rents are the returns to land According to the factor price equalization theorem, once Country A begins specializing according to comparative advantage and trading with Country B: A. wages and rents should fall in Country A B. wages and rents should rise in Country A C. wages should rise and rents should fall in Country A D. wages should fall and rents should raise in Country A ?
XA. wages and rents should fall in Country A
B. wages and rents should rise in Country A
C. wages should rise and rents should fall in Country A
D. wages should fall and rents should raise in Country A - 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
