1. Macroeconomics does not try to answer the question of:
A) why some countries experience rapid growth.
B) what is the rate of return on education.
C) why some countries have high rates of inflation.
D) what causes recessions and depressions.
2. A typical trend during a recession is that:
A) the unemployment rate falls.
B) the popularity of the incumbent president rises.
C) incomes fall.
D) the inflation rate rises.
3. Macroeconomics is the study of the:
A) activities of individual units of the economy.
B) decisionmaking by households and firms.
C) economy as a whole.
D) interaction of firms and households in the marketplace.
4. The study of the economy as a whole is called:
A) household economics.
B) business economics.
C) microeconomics.
D) macroeconomics.
5. The ability of macroeconomists to predict the future course of economic events:
A) is no better than a meteorologist's ability to predict the next month's weather.
B) is much better than a meteorologist's ability to predict the next month's weather.
C) has gotten worse over time.
D) is less precise than it was in the 1920s.
6. Which of the combinations listed is not a U.S. president and an important economic
issue of his administration?
A) President Carter, inflation
B) President Reagan, budget deficits
C) President G. H. W. Bush, budget deficits
D) President Clinton, inflation
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, 7. All of the following are types of macroeconomics data except the:
A) price of a computer.
B) growth rate of real GDP.
C) inflation rate.
D) unemployment rate.
8. All of the following except _______ are important macroeconomic variables.
A) real GDP
B) the unemployment rate
C) the marginal rate of substitution
D) the inflation rate
9. The total income of everyone in the economy adjusted for the level of base year prices is
called:
A) a recession.
B) an inflation.
C) real GDP.
D) a business fluctuation.
10. A measure of how fast the general level of prices is rising is called the:
A) growth rate of real GDP.
B) inflation rate.
C) unemployment rate.
D) market-clearing rate.
11. The inflation rate is a measure of how fast:
A) the total income of the economy is growing.
B) unemployment in the economy is increasing.
C) the general level of prices in the economy is rising.
D) the number of jobs in the economy is expanding.
12. Real GDP ______ over time, and the growth rate of real GDP ______.
A) grows; fluctuates
B) is steady; is steady
C) grows; is steady
D) is steady; fluctuates
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A) why some countries experience rapid growth.
B) what is the rate of return on education.
C) why some countries have high rates of inflation.
D) what causes recessions and depressions.
2. A typical trend during a recession is that:
A) the unemployment rate falls.
B) the popularity of the incumbent president rises.
C) incomes fall.
D) the inflation rate rises.
3. Macroeconomics is the study of the:
A) activities of individual units of the economy.
B) decisionmaking by households and firms.
C) economy as a whole.
D) interaction of firms and households in the marketplace.
4. The study of the economy as a whole is called:
A) household economics.
B) business economics.
C) microeconomics.
D) macroeconomics.
5. The ability of macroeconomists to predict the future course of economic events:
A) is no better than a meteorologist's ability to predict the next month's weather.
B) is much better than a meteorologist's ability to predict the next month's weather.
C) has gotten worse over time.
D) is less precise than it was in the 1920s.
6. Which of the combinations listed is not a U.S. president and an important economic
issue of his administration?
A) President Carter, inflation
B) President Reagan, budget deficits
C) President G. H. W. Bush, budget deficits
D) President Clinton, inflation
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, 7. All of the following are types of macroeconomics data except the:
A) price of a computer.
B) growth rate of real GDP.
C) inflation rate.
D) unemployment rate.
8. All of the following except _______ are important macroeconomic variables.
A) real GDP
B) the unemployment rate
C) the marginal rate of substitution
D) the inflation rate
9. The total income of everyone in the economy adjusted for the level of base year prices is
called:
A) a recession.
B) an inflation.
C) real GDP.
D) a business fluctuation.
10. A measure of how fast the general level of prices is rising is called the:
A) growth rate of real GDP.
B) inflation rate.
C) unemployment rate.
D) market-clearing rate.
11. The inflation rate is a measure of how fast:
A) the total income of the economy is growing.
B) unemployment in the economy is increasing.
C) the general level of prices in the economy is rising.
D) the number of jobs in the economy is expanding.
12. Real GDP ______ over time, and the growth rate of real GDP ______.
A) grows; fluctuates
B) is steady; is steady
C) grows; is steady
D) is steady; fluctuates
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