Some countries export products at prices below the cost of production or the price charged in the domestic market. This practice is called: | | A.monopoly pricing. | | B.import substitution. | | C.cream skimming. | | D.dumping. | | The World Trade Organization (WTO): | | A.was established in 1980 to oppose and counteract the policies of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). | | B.became, in 1995, the institutionalized and more comprehensive successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). | | C.was established in 1947 by 23 member countries to reduce trade restrictions. | | D.meets in different countries every few years to analyze each country's trade policies and restrictions. | | Tariffs and quotas: | | A.are imposed when there are differences in the opportunity cost of production across countries. | | B.reduce consumer surplus and increase producer surplus in the importing country. | | C.increase consumer surplus and reduce producer surplus in the importing country. | | D.reduce both consumer surplus and producer surplus in the exporting country. | | Which of the following reasons explains why many countries with relatively small populations import automobiles from Japan, U.S., and Germany rather than produce them domestically? | | A.Import quotas | | B.Economies of scale | | C.Differences in resource endowments | | D.Differences in tastes | | International trade is most likely to occur whenever: | | A.world production equals world consumption. | | B.nations have an absolute advantage in the production of goods. | | C.each of the trading nations gains from trade. | | D.all of the trading nations are self-sufficient. | | When the Fed decreases the money supply: | | A.aggregate supply increases, which leads to movement along the aggregate demand curve. | | B.aggregate demand and aggregate supply both increase. | | C.aggregate demand decreases, which leads to movement along the short-run aggregate supply curve. | | D.aggregate demand increases, which leads to movement along the short-run aggregate supply curve. | | In the aggregate demand-aggregate supply model in the short run, an increase in the money supply will lead to a(n): | | A.increase in real GDP and a decrease in the price level. | | B.decrease in real GDP and an increase in the price level. | | C.increase in both the price level and real GDP. | | D.decrease in both the price level and real GDP. | | The opportunity cost of holding money is measured by the: | | A.money supply curve. | | B.inflation rate. | | C.liquidity lost by holding money. | | D.interest rate. | | The demand for money is a relationship between: | | A.the interest rate and how much money people earn during a certain time period. | | B.the interest rate and how much money people choose to hold. | | C.the price level and the actual output produced in an economy. | | D.the price level and the amount of cyclical unemployment. | | The higher the interest rate, the greater the preference for liquidity. | | Open market operations involve: | | A.buying and selling government securities in the open market. | | B.opening new markets for commodities. | | C.opening the discount window. | | D.buying stocks in the stock market. | | The simple money multiplier: | | A.equals required reserves plus excess reserves. | | B.assumes banks hold excess reserves. | | C.equals the reciprocal of the required reserve ratio. | | D.becomes larger as the required reserve ratio increases. | | Which of the following is a liability for a bank? | | A..S. government securities owned by the bank | | B.Deposits with the Fed | | C.Checkable deposits | | D.Consumer and business loans | | All of the following are part of M2 except one. Which is the exception? | | A.Traveler's checks | | B.Money market deposit accounts | | C.Coins | | D.Large-denomination time deposits | | The M1 money supply consists of: | | A.certificates of deposit only. | | B.money market mutual fund accounts, savings accounts, and other miscellaneous near-monies. | | C.coins and currency held by the nonbank public, checkable deposits, and traveler's checks. | | D.only coins and currency held by the nonbank public. | | The actions of the Fed: | | A.must be approved by the president alone. | | B.must be approved by Congress alone. | | C.are not subject to approval by any branch of government. | | D.must be approved by the president and Congress. | | The Board of Governors of the Fed consists of: | | A.seven elected members. | | B.seven members appointed by the president. | | C.a representative from each of the 12 district banks. | | D.12 members appointed by the president. | | The members of the Board of Governors of the Fed are: | | A.appointed by the president with the approval of the Senate. | | B.all replaced after each Presidential election. | | C.chosen by the state governors. | | D.elected for seven-year terms. | | The reserve ratio is the ratio of: | | A.a bank's reserves to its total deposits. | | B.a bank's total deposits to its reserves. | | C.Federal Reserve member banks to nonmember banks. | | D.Federal Reserve member banks to all U.S. banks. | | The three important functions of money are _____. | | A.store of value, facilitation of trade, and double coincidence of wants | | B.medium of exchange, facilitation of trade, and unit of account | | C.unit of account, facilitation of trade, and store of value | | D.medium of exchange, unit of account, and store of value | | The national debt: | | A.includes the projected liabilities of Social Security, Medicare, and other federal retirement programs. | | B.is a stock variable measuring the net accumulation of past deficits. | | C.is a flow variable measuring the net accumulation of past deficits. | | D.measures the amount by which government revenues exceed outlays in a particular year. | | A possible explanation for the persistence of the U.S. federal budget deficits is that: |