Test#3 Study Guide-3

Part 1: Will consist of 30 True or False and/or Multiple Choice Questions worth 2 points each. (60 points total)

The following are a list of topics to study for the test:

  • Negative demand shocks (examples)
  • Positive supply shocks (examples)
  • Stagflation
  • long-run macroeconomic equilibrium
  • short-run macroeconomic equilibrium 
  • recessionary gap
  • inflationary gap
  • Fiscal policy 
  • Monetary policy
  • Expansionary vs. Contractionary Fiscal Policy
  • The government spending multiplier vs. the government transfers/taxes multiplier
  • The savings-investment spending identity in a closed economy (formula only)
  • national savings (formula only) 
  • Lump sum taxes 
  • The two main types of assets
  • The M1 vs. M2
  • The three main roles that money plays in the economy
  • A bank's T-account (assets vs. liabilities) 
  • The monetary base vs. the money supply
  • The two main parts of the Federal Reserve System
  • Government surplus vs. government deficit 
  • 12 regional federal reserve banks 
  • Know how investment spending is financed 
  • The money multiplier 
  • The Federal Open Market Committee
  • The federal funds rate vs. the discount rate
  • Open-market operations

Part 2: Graphical Illustration.  (40 points total)

  • The Short-Run Macroeconomic Equilibrium 
  • The Long-Run Macroeconomic Equilibrium
  • A Recessionary Gap
  • An Inflationary Gap