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Economics, 7/e
David Begg, Birkbeck College, University of London
Rudiger Dornbusch
Stanley Fischer

Intro to macroeconomics

Self-test Questions

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1

The key issues of macroeconomics are
A)unemployment
B)inflation
C)economic growth
D)all of the above
2

In an economy, measuring (1)total value added, (2)total spending on final goods and (3)total factor earnings gives the result that
A)3 > 2 > 1
B)3 = 2 = 1
C)3 < 2 < 1
D)any measure can be larger or smaller than any other
3

In the economy when a steel producer sells steel to a car producer, it is regarded as ________
A)a final good
B)an intermediate good
C)an injection
D)a leakage
4

Leakages from the circular flow are ____________, ____________ and ____________
A)investment, savings, government expenditure
B)savings, taxes net of subsidies, imports
C)consumption, investment, government expenditure
D)consumption, taxes, imports
5

Injections into the circular flow are ___________, _____________ and _____________
A)consumption, investment, exports
B)investment, exports, transfer payments
C)investment, government expenditure, exports
D)taxes, exports, transfer payments
6

In the circular flow we would expect leakages to ____________ injections
A)equal
B)be less than
C)be greater than
D)be less or greater than
7

Nominal GNP measures income ____________
A)at the present time
B)corrected for tax changes
C)corrected for changes in interest rates
D)at current prices
8

Real GNP measures income _____________
A)including non-market activities
B)adjusted for inflation
C)including externalities
D)including tax evasion
9

Real GNP is a crude measure of national welfare because it excludes
A)consumption
B)investment
C)exports
D)work in the home
10

When we refer to the hidden economy we mean unrecorded income owing to _________
A)tax evasion
B)poor statistics
C)the lags between statistical collection and publication
D)smuggling
11

In the circular flow of income, saving is an injection and investment is a leakage
A)TRUE
B)FALSE
12

Gross national product adjusts GDP for net property income from abroad
A)TRUE
B)FALSE