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
Related Mcqs:
- In the short run unemployment may fall below the natural rate of unemployment if ?
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Policies to reduce unemployment by reducing union power, tax cuts, reductions in unemployment benefit and investment subsidies are examples of ?
A. Keynesian policies
B. Supply-side policies
C. Monetarist Policies
D. Classical policies - The natural rate of unemployment is generally thought to be the sum of ?
A. frictional unemployment and seasonal unemployment
B. frictional unemployment and cyclical unemployment
C. frictional unemployment and structural unemployment
D. cyclical unemployment and structural unemployment - 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 - Unemployment resulting from changes in the pattern of demand or supply in the economy is called _______ unemployment?
A. regional
B. technological
C. structural
D. demand-deficient - Unemployment resulting from imperfect information in the labour market is called ____ unemployment?
A. Frictional
B. natural
C. real-wage
D. disequilibrium - Suppose two economists are arguing about policies that deal with unemployment One economist says the government should fight unemployment because it is the greatest social evil The other economist response Nonsense Inflation is the greatest social evil These economists ?
A. really don’t disagree at all It just appears that they disagree.
B. disagree because they have different values.
C. none of these answers.
D. disagree because they have different scientific judgments.
