Economics of Money, Banking, and Fin.

Markets, 10e (Mishkin)

Chapter 21 The Monetary Policy and Aggregate Demand Curves

21.1 The Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy

1) Because prices are slow to move in the short-run, when the Federal Reserve lowers the federal
funds rate,
A) nominal interest rates rise.
B) real interest rates fall.
C) inflation falls.
D) real interest rates rise.
Answer: B
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2) Because prices are sticky in the short-run, when the Federal Reserve raises the federal funds
rate,
A) nominal interest rates fall.
B) real interest rates rise.
C) inflation falls.
D) real interest rates fall.
Answer: B
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21.2 The Monetary Policy Curve

1) The monetary policy (MP) curve indicates the relationship between

A) the Federal Funds Rate and the real interest rate.
B) the Federal Funds Rate and the inflation rate.
C) the inflation rate and the expected inflation rate.
D) the real interest rate the central bank sets and the inflation rate.
Answer: D
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2) The upward slope of the MP curve indicates that

A) the central bank lowers real interest rates when inflation rises.
B) the central bank raises real interest rates when inflation falls.
C) the central bank raises nominal interest rates when inflation rises.
D) the central bank raises real interest rates when inflation rises.
Answer: D
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3) The Taylor Principle states that central banks raise nominal rates by ________ than any rise in
expected inflation so that real interest rates ________ when there is a rise in inflation.
A) less; rise
B) more; fall
C) less; fall
D) more; rise
Answer: D
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4) An autonomous tightening of monetary policy

A) causes an upward movement along the monetary policy curve.
B) causes a downward movement along the monetary policy curve.
C) shifts the monetary policy curve upward.
D) shifts the monetary policy curve downward.
Answer: C
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5) An autonomous easing of monetary policy

A) causes an upward movement along the monetary policy curve.
B) causes a downward movement along the monetary policy curve.
C) shifts the monetary policy curve upward.
D) shifts the monetary policy curve downward.
Answer: D
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6) Based on the Taylor Principle, a central bank's endogenous response of raising interest rates
when inflation rises
A) causes an upward movement along the monetary policy curve.
B) causes a downward movement along the monetary policy curve.
C) shifts the monetary policy curve upward.
D) shifts the monetary policy curve downward.
Answer: A
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7) Based on the Taylor Principle, a central bank's endogenous response of decreasing interest
rates when inflation falls
A) causes an upward movement along the monetary policy curve.
B) causes a downward movement along the monetary policy curve.
C) shifts the monetary policy curve upward.
D) shifts the monetary policy curve downward.
Answer: B
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8) When the financial crisis started in August 2007, inflation was rising and the Fed began an
aggressive easing lowering of the federal funds rate, which indicated that
A) the Fed pursued an autonomous monetary policy tightening.
B) the Fed pursued an autonomous monetary policy easing.
C) the Fed had an automatic negative response to inflation based on the Taylor rule.
D) the Fed had an automatic positive response to inflation based on the Taylor rule.
Answer: B
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9) When the financial crisis started in August 2007, inflation was rising and the Fed began an
aggressive easing lowering of the federal funds rate, which indicated that
A) there was an upward movement along the monetary policy curve.
B) there was a downward movement along the monetary policy curve.
C) the monetary policy curve shifted upward.
D) the monetary policy curve shifted downward.
Answer: D
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21.3 The Aggregate Demand Curve

1) In deriving the aggregate demand curve a ________ inflation rate leads the central bank to
________ real interest rates, thereby ________ the level of equilibrium aggregate output.
A) higher; raise; lowering
B) lower; raise; lowering
C) higher; lower; lowering
D) higher; lower; raising
Answer: A
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2) The aggregate demand curve is downward sloping because a higher inflation rate leads the
central bank to raise ________ interest rates, thereby ________ the level of equilibrium
aggregate output., everything else held constant.
A) real; lowering
B) real; raising
C) nominal; lowering
D) nominal; raising
Answer: A
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3) The aggregate demand curve is downward sloping because a higher inflation rate leads the
central bank to ________ real interest rates, thereby ________ the level of equilibrium aggregate
output., everything else held constant.
A) raise; lowering
B) raise; raising
C) reduce; lowering
D) reduce; raising
Answer: A
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4) Everything else held constant, an increase in government spending will cause

A) aggregate demand to increase.
B) aggregate demand to decrease.
C) the quantity of aggregate demand to increase.
D) the quantity of aggregate demand to decrease.
Answer: A
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5) Everything else held constant, an autonomous easing of monetary policy will cause
A) the quantity of aggregate demand to increase.
B) the quantity of aggregate demand to decrease.
C) aggregate demand to decrease.
D) aggregate demand to increase.
Answer: D
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6) Everything else held constant, an autonomous tightening of monetary policy will cause
A) the quantity of aggregate demand to increase.
B) the quantity of aggregate demand to decrease.
C) aggregate demand to increase.
D) aggregate demand to decrease.
Answer: D
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7) Everything else held constant, an autonomous easing of monetary policy will cause
A) aggregate demand to increase.
B) aggregate demand to decrease.
C) the quantity of aggregate demand to increase.
D) the quantity of aggregate demand to decrease.
Answer: A
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8) Everything else held constant, an increase in autonomous consumer spending will cause the IS
curve to shift to the ________ and aggregate demand will ________.
A) right; increase
B) right; decrease
C) left; increase
D) left; decrease
Answer: A
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9) Everything else held constant, a decrease in autonomous consumer spending will cause the IS
curve to shift to the ________ and aggregate demand will ________.
A) right; increase
B) right; decrease
C) left; increase
D) left; decrease
Answer: D
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10) Everything else held constant, an increase in autonomous planned investment spending will
cause the IS curve to shift to the ________ and aggregate demand will ________.
A) right; increase
B) right; decrease
C) left; increase
D) left; decrease
Answer: A
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11) Everything else held constant, a decrease in autonomous planned investment spending will
cause the IS curve to shift to the ________ and aggregate demand will ________.
A) right; increase
B) right; decrease
C) left; increase
D) left; decrease
Answer: D
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12) Everything else held constant, a decrease in net taxes will cause the IS curve to shift to the
________ and aggregate demand will ________.
A) right; increase
B) right; decrease
C) left; increase
D) left; decrease
Answer: A
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13) Everything else held constant, an increase in net taxes will cause the IS curve to shift to the
________ and aggregate demand will ________.
A) right; increase
B) right; decrease
C) left; increase
D) left; decrease
Answer: D
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14) Everything else held constant, an appreciation of the domestic currency will cause the IS
curve to shift to the ________ and aggregate demand will ________.
A) right; increase
B) right; decrease
C) left; increase
D) left; decrease
Answer: D
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15) Everything else held constant, a depreciation of the domestic currency will cause the IS
curve to shift to the ________ and aggregate demand will ________.
A) right; increase
B) right; decrease
C) left; increase
D) left; decrease
Answer: A
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16) Everything else held constant, a decrease in government spending will cause the IS curve to
shift to the ________ and aggregate demand will ________.
A) right; increase
B) right; decrease
C) left; increase
D) left; decrease
Answer: D
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