Macroeconomics Midterm
Question: When is the output gap negative?
Answer: When Potential GDP > Real GDP
Question: A measure of both the incomes and expenditures of an economy is?
Answer: Gross Domestic Product
Question: The calculation for the GDP deflator is?
Answer: (Nominal GDP/Real GDP) x 100
Question: The three factors of production include?
Answer: Land, Labor, Capital
Question: What is the indicator of the maximum quantity of goods that can be efficiently produced by an economy?
Answer: Production Possibilites Frontier
Question: The __________ means that the total income must equal the total expenditure.
Answer: Equilibrium
Question: The fluctuations in output, employment, financial conditions, and prices are called?
Answer: Business Cycle
Question: What is the percentage change in the overall level of prices from one year to the next?
Answer: Inflation Rate
Question: Which of the following is not one of the basic models that economists use to explain how a complex, real world works?
The Circular Flow Diagram
b. The Business Cycles Model
c. Consumer Price Basket
d. The Production Possibility Frontier
Answer: Consumer Price Basket
Question: What is the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time?
Answer: Gross Domestic Product