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1.

For the first time since World War I, in the mid-1980s the United States became a net international ?

A. exporter
B. importer
C. debtor
D. creditor
Answer» D. creditor
2.

When a country has a trade deficit it ?

A. purchases more stocks and bonds from the rest of the world than it sells
B. purchases more goods from the rest of the world than it sells
C. sells more goods to the rest of the world than it purchases
D. sells more stocks and bonds to the rest of the world than it purchases
Answer» C. sells more goods to the rest of the world than it purchases
3.

Injection into the circular flow are ______ and __________?

A. consumption investment exports
B. investment exports transfer payments
C. investment government expenditure exports
D. taxes exports, transfer payments
Answer» D. taxes exports, transfer payments
4.

In the circular flow we would expect leakages to ___________ injections?

A. equal
B. be less than
C. be greater than
D. be less or greater than
Answer» B. be less than
5.

The multiplier is calculated as___________?

A. 1(1-MPC)
B. 1/MPS
C. 1/MPC
D. a or b
Answer» E.
6.

The balance of trade is a record of ?

A. exports and imports of financial assets
B. the current account plus capital account
C. the net export of goods and services
D. the value of merchandise exports minus imports
Answer» E.
7.

The differences between a country’s merchandise exports and its merchandise imports is the ?

A. balance of payments
B. capital account
C. current account
D. balance of trade
Answer» E.
8.

A nation will a current account deficit will be ?

A. lending more money to other nations
B. experiencing a surplus in exports of goods an services
C. reducing its indebtedness to other nations
D. going further into debt with other nations
Answer» E.
9.

_______ is needed to balancell the balance of payments statements?

A. credit transactions
B. debit transactions
C. unilateral transfers
D. statistical discrepancy
Answer» E.
10.

In the balance of payments travels and tourism are included in the category of ?

A. unilateral transfers
B. capital account
C. merchandise account
D. services account
Answer» E.
11.

Historically countries at early stages of rapid economic development have tender to experience ?

A. trade deficit and an excess of investment over domestic saving
B. trade surplus and an excess of investment over domestic saving
C. trade deficits and an excess of domestic savings over investment
D. trade surpluses and an excess of domestic saving over investment
Answer» B. trade surplus and an excess of investment over domestic saving
12.

A current account surplus implies that ?

A. the country is a net lender to the rest of the world
B. the country is running a net capital account surplus
C. foreign investment in domestic securities is at very low levels
D. All of the above
Answer» B. the country is running a net capital account surplus
13.

When investment is assumed to autonomous the slope of the AD schedule is determined by the ?

A. marginal propensity to invest
B. disposable incomes
C. marginal propensity to consume
D. average propensity to consume
Answer» D. average propensity to consume
14.

The difference between a country’s balance of payments and its balance of international indebtedness?

A. is equal to official reserve transactions
B. occurs because of foreign exchange fluctuations
C. reflects statistical discrepancies
D. reflects the difference between flow and stock concepts
Answer» E.
15.

When we refer to the hidden economy we mean unrecorded income owing to ?

A. tax evasion
B. poor statistics
C. the lags between statistical collection and publication
D. smuggling
Answer» B. poor statistics
16.

Real GNP measures income ?

A. including non-market activities
B. adjusted for inflation
C. including externalities
D. including tax evasion
Answer» C. including externalities
17.

If a result of households wish to save more there is a change in equilibrium income and no change in equilibrium saving this is an example of ?

A. market imperfection
B. the law of diminishing returns
C. the paradox of thrift
D. market failure
Answer» D. market failure
18.

Short-run equilibrium output means that aggregate demand __________ actual output?

A. is less than
B. equals
C. is greater than
D. fluctuates around
Answer» C. is greater than
19.

Leakages from the circular flow are _________ and __________?

A. investment, savings, government expenditure
B. savings, taxes net of subsidies imports
C. consumption investment government expenditure
D. consumption taxes imports
Answer» C. consumption investment government expenditure
20.

Purchasing power parity exchange rates are used to ?

A. compare living standards of different countries
B. pay wages b multinational companies
C. estimate the costs of economic growth
D. convert nominal GDP to real GDP
Answer» B. pay wages b multinational companies
21.

Real GNP is a crude measure of national welfare because it excludes ?

A. consumption
B. investment
C. exports
D. work in the home
Answer» E.
22.

The key issues of macroeconomics are ?

A. unemployment
B. inflation
C. economic growth
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
23.

In an economy measuring (1) total value added (2)total spending on final goods and (3)total factor earning gives the result that ?

A. 3>2>1
B. 3=2=1
C. 3<2<1
D. any measure can be larger or smaller than any other
Answer» C. 3<2<1
24.

Nominal GNP measures income ?

A. At the present time
B. corrected for tax changes
C. corrected for changes in interest rates
D. At current prices
Answer» E.
25.

Real GDP is nominal GDP measured in constant ?

A. taxes
B. prices
C. exchange rates
D. interest rates
Answer» C. exchange rates
26.

All of the following are credit items in the balance of payments except ?

A. investment inflows
B. merchandise exports
C. payments for American services to foreigners
D. private gives to foreign residents
Answer» E.
27.

In the economy when a steel producer sells steel to car producer it is regarded as ?

A. a final good
B. an intermediate good
C. an injection
D. a leakage
Answer» C. an injection
28.

A capital account surplus might be expected to cause a current account deficit because the associated ?

A. capital outflow would cause the nation’s currency to depreciate contributing to a trade deficit
B. capital inflow would cause the nation’s currency to depreciate contributing to a trade deficit
C. capital inflow would cause the nation’s currency to appreciate contributing to a trade deficit
D. capital outflow would cause the nation’s currency to appreciate contributing to a trade deficit
Answer» D. capital outflow would cause the nation’s currency to appreciate contributing to a trade deficit
29.

In the balance of payments the statistical discrepancy is used to ?

A. insure that the sum of all debits matches the sum of all credits
B. insure that trade imports equals the value of trade exports
C. obtain an accurate account of a balance of payments deficit
D. obtain an accurate account of a balance of payments surplus
Answer» B. insure that trade imports equals the value of trade exports
30.

In an Open economy leakage to imports ____________ the value of the multiplier ?

A. reduce
B. increase
C. do not change
D. None of the above
Answer» B. increase
31.

A country that is a net international debtor initially experiences a (an) ?

A. larger savings pool available to finance domestic spending
B. higher interest rate which leads to lower domestic investment
C. loss of funds to trading partners overseas
D. decrease in its services exports to other countries
Answer» B. higher interest rate which leads to lower domestic investment
32.

Credit (-) items in the balance of payments correspond to anything that ?

A. involves receipts from foreigners
B. involves payments to foreigners
C. increases the domestic money supply
D. decreases the demand for foreign exchange
Answer» C. increases the domestic money supply
33.

Referring to the above table, the U.S balance of international indebtedness suggests that the U.S is a net ?

A. debtor
B. creditor
C. spender
D. exporter
Answer» C. spender
34.

For given government spending and taxation the government budget deficit will grow in _________ and decline in __________?

A. booms, booms
B. recession, recession
C. booms, recessions
D. recessions, booms
Answer» E.
35.

The total multiplier for the economy will reflect ?

A. MPC and MPT
B. MPT and MPZ
C. MPC and MPZ
D. MPC, MPT and MPZ
Answer» E.
36.

The record of a country’s transactions in goods, services and assets with the rest of the world is its ?

A. balance of trade
B. capital account
C. current account
D. balance of payments
Answer» E.
37.

If the government increases spending and raises taxes by just enough to finance this increase it will ?

A. leave output unchanged
B. increase output
C. reduce output
D. increase the MPC
Answer» C. reduce output
38.

The argument that U.S current account deficits cause net job losses for Americans ?

A. is true by definition in all possible circumstances
B. is supported by recent U.S history
C. focuses only on the overall economy and is thus always true
D. fails to recognize that a current account deficit is matched by an equal inflow of foreign funds which finances employment increasing investment spend
Answer» E.
39.

Direct investment and security purchases are classified as ?

A. capital account transactions
B. current account transactions
C. unilateral transfer transactions
D. merchandise trade transactions
Answer» B. current account transactions
40.

In balance of payments accounting tourism and travel are classified in the ?

A. merchandise trade account
B. services account
C. unilateral transfers account
D. capital account
Answer» C. unilateral transfers account
41.

Purchases of government securities in the United States by foreigners is ?

A. a credit item in the current account
B. a debit item in the capital account
C. a credit item in the capital account
D. a debit item in the current account
Answer» D. a debit item in the current account
42.

A nation wishing to reduce its current account deficit would be advised to ?

A. engage in more government spending
B. reduce government taxes
C. increases private investment spending
D. decrease domestic consumption
Answer» E.
43.

In the calculation of gross domestic product net exports are ?

A. the sum of merchandise trade and services
B. the current account plus long-term capital
C. the value of merchandise exports minus imports
D. short-term capital plus the basic balance
Answer» B. the current account plus long-term capital
44.

Current account deficit are offset by______________?

A. merchandise trade deficits
B. merchandise trade surpluses
C. capital/financial account surpluses
D. capital/financial account deficits
Answer» D. capital/financial account deficits
45.

Debit entries on the balance of payments are the entries that would ?

A. mean a loss of foreign exchange
B. bring foreign exchange into the country
C. indicate a surplus exist
D. exist at the bottom line after all accounts are totaled
Answer» B. bring foreign exchange into the country
46.

The role of _______ is to direct one nation’s savings into investments of another nation?

A. merchandise trade flows
B. services flows
C. current account flows
D. capital flows
Answer» E.
47.

The U.S balance of payments is constructed by ?

A. the U.S Department of labor
B. the U.S Department of Agriculture
C. the U.S Department of commerce
D. the council of Economic Advisers to the President
Answer» D. the council of Economic Advisers to the President
48.

A country’s transactions with the rest of the world are recorded in the ?

A. balance of international indebtedness
B. balance of financial transactions
C. balance of payments
D. income statements
Answer» D. income statements
49.

All of the following are debit items in the balance of payments except ?

A. capital outflows
B. merchandise exports
C. private gifts to foreigners
D. foreign aid granted to other nations
Answer» C. private gifts to foreigners
50.

Credit (+) items in the balance of payments correspond to anything that ?

A. involves receipts from foreigners
B. involves payments to foreigners
C. increases the domestic money supply
D. decreases the demand for foreign exchange
Answer» B. involves payments to foreigners