Principles of Macroeconomics, 10th Edition by N. Gregory Mankiw – Complete Test Bank (Chapters 1–23)

TEST BANK FOR MACROECON
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,Chaptersd1.sdThesdSciencesdofsdMacroeconomics

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of:sdwhysdsomesdcountriessdexperiencesdrapidsdgrowth.
whatsdissdthesdratesdofsdreturnsdonsdeducation.
whysdsomesdcountriessdhavesdhighsdratessdofsdinflatio
n.sdwhatsdcausessdrecessionssdandsddepressions.


Asdtypicalsdtrendsdduringsdasdrecessionsdissdth
at:sdthesdunemploymentsdratesdfalls.
thesdpopularitysdofsdthesdincumbentsdpresidentsdris
es.sdincomessdfall.
thesdinflationsdratesdrises.


Macroeconomicssdissdthesdstudysdofsdthe:
activitiessdofsdindividualsdunitssdofsdthesdeconomy.sdd
ecisionmakingsdbysdhouseholdssdandsdfirms.sdecon
omysdassdasdwhole.
interactionsdofsdfirmssdandsdhouseholdssdinsdthesdmarketplace.


Thesdstudysdofsdthesdeconomysdassdasdwholesdissdcalled:sdhous
eholdsdeconomics.
businesssdeconomics
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macroeconomics.


Thesdabilitysdofsdmacroeconomistssdtosdpredictsdthesdfuturesdcoursesdofsdeconomicsdeve
nts:sdissdnosdbettersdthansdasdmeteorologist'ssdabilitysdtosdpredictsdthesdnextsdmonth'ss
dweather.

issdmuchsdbettersdthansdasdmeteorologist'ssdabilitysdtosdpredictsdthesdnextsdmonth'ssdweathe
r.sdhassdgottensdworsesdoversdtime.
issdlesssdprecisesdthansditsdwassdinsdthesd1920s.


WhichsdofsdthesdcombinationssdlistedsdissdnotsdasdU.S.sdpresidentsdandsdansdimportantsdecono
micsdissuesdofsdhissdadministration?
PresidentsdCarter,sdinflationsdPresi
dentsdReagan,sdbudgetsddeficits
PresidentsdG.sdH.sdW.sdBush,sdbudgetsddefic
itssdPresidentsdClinton,sdinflation




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, Allsdofsdthesdfollowingsdaresdtypessdofsdmacroeconomicssddatasdexceptsdthe:sd
pricesdofsdasdcomputer.
growthsdratesdofsdrealsdGD
P.sdinflationsdrate.sdunem
ploymentsdrate.


Allsdofsdthesdfollowingsdexceptsd
aresdimportantsdmacroeconomicsdvariable
s.sdrealsdGDP
thesdunemploymentsdrate
thesdmarginalsdratesdofsdsubstitutionsd
thesdinflationsdrate


Thesdtotalsdincomesdofsdeveryonesdinsdthesdeconomysdadjustedsdforsdthesdlevelsdofsdbasesdyearsdpr
icessdissdcalled:
asdrecession.
sdansdinflatio

n.sdrealsdGD
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asdbusinesssdfluctuation.


Asdmeasuresdofsdhowsdfastsdthesdgeneralsdlevelsdofsdpricessdissdrisingsdissdcalleds
dthe:sdgrowthsdratesdofsdrealsdGDP.

inflationsdrate.sdune
mploymentsdrate.sdm
arket-clearingsdrate.


Thesdinflationsdratesdissdasdmeasuresdofsdhowsdfast:
thesdtotalsdincomesdofsdthesdeconomysdissdgrowing.sdune
mploymentsdinsdthesdeconomysdissdincreasing.
thesdgeneralsdlevelsdofsdpricessdinsdthesdeconomysdissdrising
.sdthesdnumbersdofsdjobssdinsdthesdeconomysdissdexpandi
ng.


RealsdGDPsd oversdtime,sdandsdthesdgrowthsdratesdofsdrealsdGDPsd
.sdgrows;sdfluctuates
issdsteady;sdissdstead
ysdgrows;sdissdstead
y
issdsteady;sdfluctuates




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, TwosdstrikingsdfeaturessdofsdasdgraphsdofsdU.S.sdrealsdGDPsdpersdcapitasdoversdthesdtwentiethsdcentur
ysdaresdthe:
overallsdupwardsdtrendsdinterruptedsdbysdasdlargesddownturnsdduesdtosdthesdeconomi
csddepressionsdinsdthesd1930s.
nearlysdconstantsdlevelsdwithsdasdlargesddownturnsdinsdthesd1930s.
downwardsdtrendsdinsdthesdfirstsdhalfsdofsdthesdcenturysdfollowedsdbysdthesdupwardsdtrendsdinsdth
esdsecondsdhalf.
constantsdlevelsdinsdthesdfirstsdhalfsdofsdthesdcenturysdfollowedsdbysdthesdupwardsdtrendsdins
dthesdsecondsdhalf.




InsdthesdU.S.sdeconomysdtoday,sdrealsdGDPsdpersdperson,sdcomparedsdwithsditssdlevelsdinsd1900
,sdissdabout:
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high.


RecessionssdaresdperiodssdwhensdrealsdGDP:sd
increasessdslowly.
increasessdrapidly.s
ddecreasessdmildly.

sddecreasessdseverel

y.


ComparedsdwithsdrealsdGDPsdduringsdasdrecession,sdrealsdGDPsdduringsdasddepress
ion:sdincreasessdmoresdrapidly.
increasessdatsdapproximatelysdthesdsamesdrat
e.sddecreasessdatsdapproximatelysdthesdsamesd
rate.sddecreasessdmoresdseverely.


Asdseveresdrecessionsdissdcalledsda(n
):sddepression.
deflation.sdexoge
noussdevent.
market-clearingsdassumption.


ThesdannualsdinflationsdratesdinsdthesdUnitedsdStatessdaveraged:
sdnearlysdzerosdbetweensd1900sdandsd1950.

nearlysdzerosdbetweensd1950sdandsd2000.
aboutsd10sdpercentsdbetweensd1900sdandsd1950.
aboutsd10sdpercentsdbetweensd1950sdandsd2000.


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