A. Shifts in aggregate supply
B. changes in export demand due to the state of the world economy
C. business confidence
D. business expectations
Related Mcqs:
- Real business cycles are cycles in ?
A. potential output
B. actual output
C. real output
D. international trade - A group of economists argue that the real problem with the economy is high rates of taxation and heavy regulation that reduce the incentives to work, save and invest. These economists are?
A. Supply-side economics
B. neo-Keynesian economists
C. rational-expectations economists.
D. new classical economists. - A group of economists argue that the real problem with the economy is high rates of taxation and heavy regulation that reduce the incentives to work save and invest these economists are ?
A. supply side economists
B. neo-Keynesian economists
C. rational -expectations economists
D. New classical economists - Real business cycle theory suggests that ____ not important in explaining short-term fluctuations around actual output ?
A. aggregate supply is
B. aggregate demand is
C. potential output is
D. real variables are - Real business cycle theorists argue that _________ can explain short- and long-term fluctuation in output?
A. imperfect labor markets
B. rational expectations
C. intertertemporal decisions of households, firms and government
D. sun spot cycles - 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 - 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. - In the Px = export price index, Pm = import price index, Qx = export quantity index,and Qm = import quantity index. Developing countries tend to maintain that their commodity term of trade have declined over the long run suggesting that _________ has declined?
A. Px/Pm
B. Pm/Px
C. (Pm/Px)Qm
D. (Px/Pm)Qx - What term is given to unemployment caused by a downturn in the business cycle ?
A. Underemployment
B. Disguised unemployment
C. Temporary unemployment
D. Cyclical unemployment - The theory that explains business cycles by the dynamic interaction of consumption and investment demand is the ?
A. sun spot theory
B. multiplier accelerator model
C. Solow theory
D. New classical theory
