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Econ Exam 2
Modules 5, 6, & 2
Question | Answer |
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Money that people can gain access to easily and immediately to pay for goods and services | M1 |
Currency in circulation plus savings accounts and non-interest bearing deposits | M2 |
Who is the current chairperson of the Federal Reserve? | Janet Yellen |
How many districts banks are in the Federal Reserve System? | 12 |
What terms refers to the dollar value of final goods and services produced within a country's borders within a given year? | Gross Domestic Product |
What formula is used to calculate GDP? | C+I+G+X |
For how long must GDP fall for the economy to be considered in a recession? | 6 months |
Total amount of goods and services available at all possible price levels | Aggregate Supply |
Function of money that states money is used for exchange of goods and services | Medium of exchange |
Function of money that states money is used as a yardstick for comparing the value of goods in relation to one another | Unit of accounting |
Function of money that states money is used to store purchasing power for later use | Store of value |
What graph illustrates income distribution? | Lorenz Curve |
Which statistics measures the changes in prices over time? | Consumer price index |
If a company increases prices because of an increase in the price of a input, what theory of inflation is represented? | Cost-push |
Theory that prices rise as the result of excessive demand | Demand-pull |
At what unemployment rate is the economy considered at full employment? | 5% |
What happens to the unemployment rate during a recession? | It increases |
The idea that consumers ultimately determine what is produced in a market economy | consumer sovereignty |
What is the reward or positive incentive for entrepreneurs to start businesses? | Profit |
Financial market channel fund from... | savers to investors |
Many critics of a minimum wage increase claim... | Jobs will be lost |
Economic rule that states that the additional satisfaction people get from consuming one more unit of a product will lessen with each additional unit... | Law of diminishing marginal return |
The willingness and ability of producers to a produce a good | supply |
The willingness and ability of a consumer to buy a good | demand |
As prices increase, quantity demanded decreases | Law of demand |
As prices increase, quantity supplied increases | Law of supply |
How does an increase in consumer population affect the demand for most products? | Demand increases |
Two goods that statisfy similar wants or needs are called... | Substitutions goods |
What kind of table lists the quantities of a good that a consumer will buy at different prices? | Demand schedule |
What is a good example of a complementary good? | Bicycle and Bicycle helmet |
If the price of salsa rises, what will most likely happen to the demand for tortilla chips? | Demand decreases |
Which of the following most likely has inelastic demand? | Medicine |
Minimum wage laws are an example of... | Price floor |
Taxes on the production of candy bars increases, how is supply affected? | Supply decreases |
How does introduction of new technology in the production process typically affect supply? | Supply Increases |