A. Lower interest rates
B. Lower taxation rates
C. Lower government spending
D. Lower inflation
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following is a policy instrument as opposed to a government objective ?
A. lower interest rates
B. A better balance of trade position
C. Faster economic growth
D. Lower unemployment - Which of the following is not likely to be government objective ?
A. Increasing employment
B. Increasing economic growth
C. Increasing government spending
D. Increasing the level of exports - 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 - Suppose a wave of investor and consumer optimisms has increased spending so that the current level of input exceeds the long-run natural rate If policy makers choose to engage in activist stabilization policy they should ?
A. decrease government spending Which the shifts the aggregate demand curve to the left
B. decrease taxes, which shifts the aggregate demand curve to the right
C. decrease taxes, which shifts the aggregate demand curve to the left
D. decrease government spending which shifts the aggregate demand curve to the right - In the early eighties, the Federal Reserve pursed a tight monetary policy. All else being equal. the impact of that policy was to interest rates in the United States relative to those in Europe and cause the dollar to _______ against European currencies?
A. decrease; depreciate
B. decrease; appreciate
C. increase; depreciate
D. increase; appreciate - When capital is owned by the firm as opposed to being directly owned by household capital income may take any of the following forms except ?
A. interest
B. dividends
C. increases in stocks of goods
D. retained earnings - Suppose, due to political instability, Russians suddenly choose to purchase UK assets as opposed to Russian assets Which of the following statements is true regarding the value of the pound and UK net exports ?
A. The pound appreciates, and UK net exports rise
B. The pound appreciates, and UK net exports fall
C. The pound depreciates, and UK net exports rise
D. The pound depreciates, and UK net exports fall - Suppose, due to political instability, Russians suddenly choose to invest in UK assets as opposed to Russian assets Which of the following statements is true regarding UK net foreign investment ?
A. UK net foreign investment is unchanged because only UK residents can after UK net foreign investment
B. UK net foreign investment rises
C. UK net foreign investment falls
D. None of the above - Which of the following is an example of government policy that could reduce inflation ?
A. increasing bank lending
B. increasing import duties
C. reducing government expenditure
D. None of these
