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Strayer University
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If the equilibrium level of national income is less than the desired level of national income, then
the economy may be experiencing a rising price level.
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there will be an export surplus.
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a recessionary gap exists.
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there is full employment.
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Following the Kennedy tax cut in 1964,
the unemployment rate increased and the inflation rate decreased.
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the unemployment rate and the economic growth rate both increased.
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the unemployment rate decreased and the economic growth rate increased.
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the inflation rate increased and the economic growth rate decreased.
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the unemployment rate increased but the inflation rate and economic growth decreased.
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The length of time it takes to realize that there is an economic problem is called
the recognition lag.
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the implementation lag.
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the impact lag.
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the policy lag.
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the legislative lag.
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If you remove the Social Security Trust Fund from the federal budget,
the deficit is smaller.
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the deficit is larger.
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for some recent years the deficit is smaller, and for others it is larger.
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the deficit will not change.
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the effect on the deficit cannot be determined.
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Before Keynes, most economists and politicians believed in
a cyclically balanced budget.
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an annually balanced budget.
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a structural deficit.
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a budget that was balanced only at full employment.
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Keynes blamed economic downturns primarily on
the instability of consumption.
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declines in the interest rate.
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poor governmental management.
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the instability of investment.
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international trade.
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In the Keynesian model, employment
is determined by output.
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is determined by price level.
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determines the level of output.
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depends on aggregate supply.
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is independent of output.
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The measured deficit would be larger if
it were calculated as the real deficit.
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it were measured at full employment when the economy is actually below full employment.
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Social Security revenues and expenditures were excluded.
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revenues and expenditures of state and local governments were taken into account.
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the trade deficit were taken into account.
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The federal income tax is
progressive.
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regressive.
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proportional.
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very regressive.
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independent of income.
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The Investment Tax Credit
is contractionary and does not affect the level of output.
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changes the level of input through changes in employment.
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is an automatic stabilizer.
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is a supply side policy, not fiscal policy.
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affects the level of output through changes in investment.
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