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The model of aggregate demand and aggregate supply is consistent with short-run monetary and long-run monetary .


A) neutrality; neutrality
B) nonneutrality; nonneutrality
C) neutrality; nonneutrality
D) nonneutrality; neutrality

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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The short-run aggregate supply curve is drawn for a given:


A) output level.
B) price level.
C) expected price level.
D) level of aggregate demand.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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According to the imperfect-information model, when the price level falls but the producer did not expect it to fall, the producer:


A) increases production.
B) does not change production.
C) decreases production.
D) hires more workers.

E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

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The assumption of adaptive expectations for inflation means that people will form their expectations of inflation by:


A) taking all information into account using the best economic model available.
B) asking the opinions of experts.
C) basing their opinions on recently observed inflation.
D) flipping a coin.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Use the aggregate demand-aggregate supply model to graphically illustrate the difference between demand-pull and cost-push inflation. Explain your graph in words.

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The imperfect-information model assumes that producers find it difficult to distinguish between changes in:


A) real wages and nominal wages.
B) the overall level of prices and relative prices.
C) the overall level of prices and the expected level of prices.
D) cost-push inflation and demand-pull inflation.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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According to the sticky-price model:


A) all firms announce their prices in advance.
B) all firms set their prices in accord with observed prices and output.
C) some firms set their prices according to the aggregate supply equation.
D) some firms announce their prices in advance, and some firms set their prices in accord with observed prices and output.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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After examining international data, the economist Robert Lucas found that aggregate demand has the biggest effect on output in countries where aggregate demand:


A) and prices are most stable.
B) and prices are most variable.
C) is most stable but prices are most variable.
D) is most variable but prices are most stable.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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The Phillips curve shows a relationship between inflation and unemployment, and the short-run aggregate supply curve shows a relationship between the price level and output.


A) positive; positive
B) positive; negative
C) negative; negative
D) negative; positive

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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According to the imperfect-information model, when the price level rises and the producer expects the price level to rise, the producer:


A) increases production.
B) does not change production.
C) decreases production.
D) hires more workers.

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Starting from the natural level of output, an unexpected monetary contraction will cause output and the price level to In the short run, and in the long run the expected price level will , causing the level of output to return to the natural level.


A) increase; increase
B) increase; decrease
C) decrease; decrease
D) decrease; increase

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Assume that an economy is initially at the natural rate of unemployment. a. Use a Phillips curve diagram to illustrate graphically how the inflation rate and unemployment rate change both in the short run and in the long run to an unexpected expansionary monetary policy. b. Use a Phillips curve diagram to illustrate graphically how the inflation rate and unemployment rate change both in the short run and in the long run to the announcement of a credible plan of expansionary monetary policy when people have rational expectations.

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Based on the sticky-price model, the short-run aggregate supply curve will be steeper, the greater the:


A) target nominal-wage
B) rate. target real-wage rate.
C) proportion of firms with flexible prices.
D) proportion of firms with sticky prices.

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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