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Hedonic pricing is


A) the way that luxury goods are priced in a market economy.
B) the tendency for the inflation rate to rise by greater and greater amounts.
C) the tendency for nominal GDP to rise when the price level rises.
D) the process of translating nominal GDP into real GDP.
E) the process of pricing individual characteristics of a good or service.

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Based on the notation presented in Chapter 2,which of the following expressions represents nominal GDP?


A) Yt
B) PtYt
C) Yt / Pt
D) $Yt / Pt

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Use the information provided below to answer the following questions. Suppose a country using the United States' system of calculating official unemployment statistics has 100 million people,of whom 50 million are working age.Of these 50 million,20 million have jobs.Of the remainder: 10 million are actively searching for jobs; 10 million would like jobs but are not searching; and 10 million do not want jobs at all. -Refer to the information above.The labor force participation rate is


A) .2.
B) .3.
C) .4.
D) .6.
E) .8.

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Explain how inflation can lead to distortions.

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First,not all prices and wages adjust au...

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Explain the Phillips curve.

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It shows the negative relation...

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In the United States,someone is classified as unemployed if he or she


A) does not have a job.
B) does not have a job,or else has a job but is looking for a different one while continuing to work.
C) does not have a job,has recently looked for work,and is collecting unemployment insurance.
D) does not have a job,and is collecting unemployment insurance.
E) none of the above

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One of the reasons macroeconomists have concerns about inflation is that inflation causes


A) real GDP to rise.
B) nominal GDP to fall.
C) wages to rise as fast as prices.
D) real GDP to exceed nominal GDP.
E) none of the above

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Explain the three ways GDP can be measured.

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GDP can be measured three ways.First,GDP...

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Explain why economists care about inflation.

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Inflation will cause relative ...

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Macroeconomists are concerned about changes in the unemployment rate because changes in the unemployment rate provide information about


A) the state of the economy.
B) the welfare of those who are unemployed.
C) none of the above
D) both A and B

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Based on the notation presented in Chapter 2,which of the following expressions represents real GDP?


A) Yt
B) PtYt
C) Yt / Pt
D) $Yt / Pt

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Explain why economists care about unemployment.

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First,they care about unemployment becau...

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Suppose nominal GDP increased in a given year.Based on this information,we know with certainty that


A) real output has increased.
B) the price level (GDP deflator) has increased.
C) real output and the price level (GDP deflator) have both increased.
D) either real output or the price level (GDP deflator) have increased.
E) real output has increased and the price level has decreased.

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Can an economy maintain high output growth,low unemployment,and low inflation at the the same time? Explain.

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It would be very hard to achie...

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The Okun's law shows the relationship between


A) inflation and unemployment rate.
B) output growth and unemployment.
C) inflation and output growth.
D) output growth and money supply.

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which of the following represents real GDP?


A) GDP in constant dollars
B) GDP in terms of goods
C) GDP in base year dollars
D) all of above

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When using the income approach to measure GDP,the largest share of GDP generally consists of


A) interest income.
B) labor income.
C) indirect taxes.
D) profits.
E) capital income.

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According to convention,a recession is referred to if an economy goes through


A) at least two consecutive quarters of negative growth
B) at least three consecutive quarters of negative growth
C) at least four quarters of negative growth
D) at least two consecutive months of negative growth

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Briefly explain why the reported official unemployment rate in Spain in 1994 may have provided an over-estimate of unemployment in Spain.

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The relatively high unemployment rate in Spain is partly the result of a relatively large underground economy.The underground economy is that part of the economy not measured in official statistics.After taking into account those individuals who are "employed" in the underground economy,the unemployment rate in Spain would have been lower (but still relatively high).

Explain why the Phillips curve on average is downward sloping.

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When unemployment becomes very...

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