A. Productivity growth has been steady over the last 50 years
B. Productivity has been growing more slowly every decade since world War II
C. Productivity grew quickly in the 1950s and 1960s more slowly from the early 1970s through 1995 and then quickly again
D. Productivity grew slowly from the 1950s through the 1970s and then began to accelerate probably due to advances in computer technology
Related Mcqs:
- G. MacDougal compared export ratios and labor productivity ratios for the United States and the United Kingdom in order to test the:
A. Ricardian theory of comparative
B. Heckscher Ohl in theory of comparative advantage
C. Linder theory of overlapping demand all of the above
D. None of these - For the United States suppose the annual interest rate on government securities equals 8 percent while the annual inflation rate equals 4 percent, For Switzerland the annual interest rate on government securities equal 10 percent while the annual inflation rate equals 7 percent the above variables would cause investment funds to flow from ?
A. the United States to Switzerland causing the dollar to depreciate
B. the United States to Switzerland causing the dollar to appreciate
C. Switzerland to the United States causing the franc to depreciate
D. Switzerland to the United States causing the franc to appreciate - For the United States suppose the annual interest rate on government securities equals 12 percent while the annual inflation rate equals 8 percent For Japan the annual interest rate on government securities equals 10 percent while the annual inflation rate equals 5 percent the above variables would cause investment funds to flow from ?
A. The United States to Japan causing the dollar to depreciate
B. The United States to Japan causing the dollar to appreciate
C. The Japan to United States, causing the dollar to depreciate
D. The Japan to United States, causing the dollar to appreciate - A combined measure of productivity that takes account of both labor and capital productivity is known as ?
A. total exploitation
B. labour/capital productivity
C. total factor productivity
D. total productivity - Under a system of floating exchange rates relatively low productivity and high inflation rates in the United States results in a (an) ?
A. increase in the demand for foreign currency a decrease in the supply of foreign currency and a depreciation in the dollar
B. increase in the demand for foreign currency an increase in the supply of foreign currency and a appreciation in the dollar
C. decrease in the demand for foreign currency a decrease in the supply of foreign currency and a depreciation in the dollar
D. decrease in the demand for foreign currency and increase in the supply of foreign currency and a appreciation in the dollar - Under a system of floating exchange rates relatively high productivity and low inflation rates in the United States results in a (an) ?
A. increase in the demand for foreign currency a decrease in the supply of foreign currency and a depreciation in the dollar
B. increase in the demand for foreign currency an increase in the supply of foreign currency and a appreciation in the dollar
C. decrease in the demand for foreign currency a decrease in the supply of foreign currency and a depreciation in the dollar
D. decrease in the demand for foreign currency an increase in the supply of foreign currency and a appreciation in the dollar - Which of the following statements regarding the impact of population growth on productivity is true ?
A. There is no evidence, yet that rapid population growth stretches natural resources to the point that it limits growth in productivity
B. All of these answers
C. Rapid population growth may dilute the capital stock lowering productivity
D. Rapid population growth may promote technological progress increasing productivity. - Suppose that tomatoes from Mexico face a 20 percent tariff in the United States and a 25 percent tariff in Canada. If the United States and Canada maintain free trade between each other, the these two countries belong to a ?
A. free-trade area
B. customs union
C. common market
D. monetary union - In the 1980s economists studying the source of growth observed no positive relationship between information and communications technology (ICT) investments and productivity This is known as ?
A. Solow residual
B. productivity paradox
C. technological followership
D. Stieglitz discrepancies - Under managed floating exchange rates if the rate of inflation in the United States is less than the rate of inflation of its trading partners the dollar will likely ?
A. appreciates against foreign currencies
B. depreciates against foreign currencies
C. be officially revalued by the government
D. be officially devalued by the government
