Macroeconomic Issues & Analysis Mcqs - Set 7

1)   If interest rates rise then costs are likely to _______ and demand is likely to _________?

a. rise, fall
b. rise; rise
c. fall; fall
d. fall; rise
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: rise, fall

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2)   Government policies that focus on changing taxes and government spending are called ?

a. fiscal policies
b. incomes policies
c. supply-side policies
d. monetary policies
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: fiscal policies

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3)   As prices rise, there will be costs of constantly changing price-tags and reprinting price-lists This is called ?

a. real balance effect
b. menu costs of inflation
c. money illusion.
d. cost-push inflation.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: menu costs of inflation

Explanation:
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4)   The natural rate of unemployment is generally thought of as the ?

a. ratio of the frictional unemployment rate to the cyclical unemployment rate.
b. Sum of structural unemployment and cyclical unemployment.
c. Sum of frictional unemployment and cyclical unemployment
d. sum of frictional unemployment and structural unemployment.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: sum of frictional unemployment and structural unemployment.

Explanation:
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5)   Unemployment resulting from changes in the pattern of demand or supply in the economy is called _______ unemployment?

a. regional
b. technological
c. structural
d. demand-deficient
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: structural

Explanation:
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6)   Unemployment resulting from real wages being above their equilibrium level is called _________ unemployment?

a. natural
b. frictional
c. disequilibrium
d. structural
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: disequilibrium

Explanation:
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7)   Aggregate demand is the total demand for all goods and services in an economy from ?

a. the household and government sectors
b. the household sector.
c. all sectors of except the rest of the world
d. all sectors of the economy including the rest of the world.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: all sectors of the economy including the rest of the world.

Explanation:
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8)   Classifying discouraged workers as unemployed would ?

a. not change the unemployment rate
b. decrease the unemployment rate
c. increase the unemployment rate
d. have an indeterminate impact on the unemployment rate
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: increase the unemployment rate

Explanation:
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9)   Since 1998 many government have defined unemployment using ?

a. a labour force survey.
b. the number out of work and claiming benefit
c. the percentage of the labour force not in work
d. the ILO/OECD standardised unemployment measurement
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: the ILO/OECD standardised unemployment measurement

Explanation:
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10)   The percentage of the labour force that is unemployed is the ?

a. Unemployment population ratio.
b. Unemployment rate
c. employment rate
d. Labour force rate.
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Unemployment rate

Explanation:
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11)   Which of the following is not likely to be government objective ?

a. Increasing employment
b. Increasing economic growth
c. Increasing government spending
d. Increasing the level of exports
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Increasing employment

Explanation:
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12)   Which of the following is a policy instrument as opposed to a government objective ?

a. lower interest rates
b. A better balance of trade position
c. Faster economic growth
d. Lower unemployment
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Lower unemployment

Explanation:
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13)   Which of the following is not a macroeconomic issue ?

a. Unemployment
b. Inflation
c. The wages paid to footballers
d. Economic growth
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Economic growth

Explanation:
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14)   Which of the following is not involved with fiscal policy ?

a. Income tax
b. National insurance
c. VAT
d. Interest insurance
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Income tax

Explanation:
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15)   Which of the following is macroeconomic issue ?

a. The price of houses in karachi
b. The wage rate for plumbers in Islamabad
c. Your decision to work or stay at home
d. The level of unemployment is pakistan
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Your decision to work or stay at home

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!