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The underground economy can be described as:
(a) economic production that includes mining.
(b) economic activity that
(b) economic activity that is hidden from the
is hidden from the
government to avoid taxes or because the activity is
government to avoid taxes
illegal.
or because the activity is (c) production of infrastructure that spurs growth in the rest of the
economy.
illegal.
(d) production of intermediate goods and services.
How is GDP measured?
(a) GDP is measured by adding the quantities of goods
and services produced in a given year.
D) GDP is measured by adding (b) GDP is measured by adding up all the intermediate sales
throughout the year.
the market value of final goods
(c) GDP is measured using stock market values, or stock prices.
and services produced
throughout the economy in a (d) GDP is measured by adding the market value of
given time period. final goods and services produced throughout the
economy in a given time period.
The largest component of American GDP is _.
(a) income
D. Consumption
(b) profits
(c) investment (d) consumption
___________ causes nominal GDP to rise; but causes real
GDP to rise.
Inflation, an increase in (a) inflation, a decrease in production
production
(b) inflation, an increase in production
(c) deflation, a decrease in production (d) deflation, an increase in
production
, Bob is a highly qualified worker who is unemployed
but looking for work. His expertise is in a small field
and new jobs only open up sporadically. While he is
(b) frictionally unemployed. waiting for one of those openings he is considered:
(a) structurally unemployed.
(b) frictionally unemployed.
(c) underemployed.
(d) a discouraged worker.
The unemployment rate reported by the media is
known as U-3. Broader measures of unemployment
20%
include people who are marginally connected to the
workforce.
Those broader measures indicate that the true level of
unemployment and underemployment is close to
Alex is unemployed but looking for work. For many
years he worked as a video store manager for
Blockbuster, but since 2013 he has been unable to find a
structurally unemployed.
similar position because his position is now redundant.
He is considered
(a) structurally unemployed.
(b) frictionally unemployed. (c) underemployed.
(d) a discouraged worker.
Bob's assembly line job has been replaced by robots,
and Bob lacks abilities and skills required to attain
(a) structurally unemployed. other jobs. He is considered:
(a) structurally unemployed.
(b) frictionally unemployed. (c) underemployed.
(d) a discouraged worker.
After many months a job seeker gives up and stops
looking for work. He is now considered:
(d) a discouraged worker. (a) structurally unemployed. (b) frictionally unemployed. (c)
cyclically unemployed
(d) a discouraged worker.
The unemployment rate reported by the media is known
as U-3. This measure of unemployment does not take
(a) discouraged workers. into account:
(a) discouraged workers.
(b) workers who are underpaid
(c) workers who are looking for work but can't find a job