1、1247Chapter 30 Money Growth and InflationMultiple Choice1. Inflation can be measured by thea. change in the consumer price index.b. percentage change in the consumer price index.c. percentage change in the price of a specific commodity.d. change in the price of a specific commodity.ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF
2、: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Inflation MSC: Definitional2. Over the last 70 years the average annual U.S. inflation rate was abouta. 2 percent.b. 4 percent.c. 6 percent.d. 8 percent.ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: U.S. inflation MSC: Definitional3. Over the last 70 years the average annual U.S. inflation ra
3、te was abouta. 2 percent implying that prices have increased 10-fold.b. 4 percent implying that prices have increased 10-fold.c. 2 percent implying that prices have increased 16-fold.d. 4 percent implying that prices increased about 16-fold.ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Inflation rate MSC: Defi
4、nitional4. The price level rises from 120 to 150. What was the inflation rate?a. 30%b. 25%c. 20%d. None of the above is correct.ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Inflation MSC: Applicative5. The price level rises from 120 to 126. What is the inflation rate?a. 3%b. 5%c. 6%d. None of the above is cor
5、rect.ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Inflation MSC: Applicative6. When prices are falling, economists say that there isa. disinflation.b. deflation.c. a contraction.d. an inverted inflation.ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Deflation MSC: Definitional7. If the price index in some country were fa
6、lling over time, economists would say that country hada. disinflation.b. deflation.c. a contraction.d. an inverted inflation.ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Deflation MSC: Applicative1248 Chapter 30 /Money Growth and Inflation8. Deflationa. increases the ability to pay debts and raises the value
7、of money.b. increases the ability to pay debts and lowers the value of money.c. reduces the ability to pay debts and raises the value of money.d. reduces the ability to pay debts and lowers the value of money.ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 30-1TOP: U.S. inflation MSC: Interpretive9. Which of the followin
8、g statements about U.S. inflation is not correct?a. Low inflation was viewed as a triumph of President Carters economic policy.b. There were long periods in the nineteenth century during which prices fell.c. The U.S. public has viewed inflation of even 7 percent as a major economic problem.d. The U.
9、S. inflation rate has varied over time, but international data shows even more variation.ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: U.S. inflation MSC: Definitional10. Which of the following concerning the history of U.S. inflation is not correct?a. Prices rose at an average annual rate of about 4 percent o
10、ver the last 70 years.b. There was about a 16-fold increase in the price level over the last 70 years.c. Inflation in the 1970s was below the average over the last 70 years.d. During its history the United States has experienced periods of deflation.ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: U.S. inflation
11、MSC: Definitional11. Which of the following is correct?a. hyperinflation is a period of extraordinarily high inflation.b. deflation is negative inflation, not just a decrease in the inflation rate.c. during the 1990s US inflation averaged 2% per year.d. All of the above are correct.ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF
12、: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Inflation MSC: Definitional12. There was hyperinflationa. during 1880-1896 in the United States.b. in post-World War I Germany.c. during the 1970s in the United States.d. All of the above are correct.ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Hyperinflation MSC: Definitional13. The classic
13、al theory of inflationa. is also known as the quantity theory of money.b. was developed by some of the earliest economic thinkers.c. is used by most modern economists to explain the long-run determinants of the inflation rate.d. All of the above are correct.ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Classic
14、al dichotomy MSC: Definitional14. The quantity theory of moneya. is a fairly recent addition to economic theory.b. can explain both moderate inflation and hyperinflation.c. argues that inflation is caused by too little money in the economy.d. All of the above are correct.ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30
15、-1TOP: Quantity theory MSC: DefinitionalChapter 30 /Money Growth and Inflation 124915. Economists all agree thata. neither high inflation nor moderate inflation is very costly.b. both high and moderate inflation are quite costly.c. high inflation is costly, but disagree about the costs of moderate i
16、nflation.d. moderate inflation is as costly as high inflation.ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Inflation costs MSC: Definitional16. As the price level decreases, the value of moneya. increases, so people want to hold more of it.b. increases, so people want to hold less of it.c. decreases, so peopl
17、e want to hold more of it.d. decreases, so people want to hold less of it.ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 30-1TOP: Money demand MSC: Definitional17. An increase in the price level makes the value of moneya. increase, so people want to hold more of it.b. increase, so people want to hold less of it.c. decre
18、ase, so people want to hold more of it.d. decrease, so people want to hold less of it.ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 30-1TOP: Money demand MSC: Definitional18. When the price level falls, the number of dollars needed to buy a representative basket of goodsa. increases, so the value of money rises.b. incr
19、eases, so the value of money falls.c. decreases, so the value of money rises.d. decreases, so the value of money falls.ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Value of money MSC: Definitional19. When the price level rises, the number of dollars needed to buy a representative basket of goodsa. increases,
20、and so the value of money rises.b. increases, and so the value of money falls.c. decreases, and so the value of money rises.d. decreases, and so the value of money fallsANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Value of money MSC: Definitional20. The supply of money is determined bya. the price level.b. th
21、e Treasury and Congressional Budget Office.c. the Federal Reserve System.d. the demand for money.ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Money supply MSC: Definitional21. The supply curve of money is vertical because the quantity of money supplied increasesa. when the value of money increases.b. when the
22、 value of money decreases.c. only if people desire to hold more money.d. only if the central bank increases the money supply.ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Money supply MSC: Definitional1250 Chapter 30 /Money Growth and Inflation22. The supply of money increases whena. the value of money increas
23、es.b. the interest rate increases.c. the Fed makes open-market purchases.d. None of the above is correct.ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 30-1TOP: Money supply MSC: Definitional23. Money demand refers toa. the total quantity of financial assets that people want to hold.b. how much income people want to mak
24、e per year.c. how much wealth people want to hold in liquid form.d. how much currency the Federal Reserve decides to print.ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Money demand MSC: Definitional24. When the money market is drawn with the value of money on the vertical axis, the money demand curve slopesa.
25、 upward because at higher prices people want to hold more money.b. downward because at higher prices people want to hold more money.c. downward because at higher price people want to hold less money.d. upward, because at higher prices people want to hold less money.ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP:
26、 Money demand MSC: Definitional25. When the money market is drawn with the value of money on the vertical axis, as the price level increases the quantity of moneya. demanded increases.b. demanded decreases.c. supplied increases.d. supplied decreases.ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Money demand MS
27、C: Interpretive26. When the money market is drawn with the value of money on the vertical axis, an increase in the price level causes aa. shift to the right of the money demand curve.b. shift to the left of the money demand curve.c. movement to the left along the money demand curve.d. movement to th
28、e right along the money demand curve.ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 30-1TOP: Money demand MSC: Interpretive27. When the money market is drawn with the value of money on the vertical axis, as the price level increases, the value of moneya. increases, so the quantity of money demanded increases.b. increase
29、s, so the quantity of money demanded decreases.c. decreases, so the quantity of money demanded decreases.d. decreases, so the quantity of money demanded increases.ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 30-1TOP: Money demand MSC: Definitional28. When the money market is drawn with the value of money on the vertic
30、al axis,a. money demand slopes up and money supply is horizontal.b. money demand slopes down and money supply is vertical.c. money demand slopes up and money supply is vertical.d. money demand slopes down and money supply is horizontal.ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Money demand | Money supply M
31、SC: DefinitionalChapter 30 /Money Growth and Inflation 125129. When the money market is drawn with the value of money on the vertical axis, long-run equilibrium is obtained when the quantity demanded and quantity supplied of money are equal due to adjustments in thea. the value of money.b. real inte
32、rest rates.c. nominal interest rates.d. money supply.ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Money market MSC: Definitional30. When the money market is drawn with the value of money on the vertical axis, if the price level is above the equilibrium level, there is ana. excess demand for money, so the pric
33、e level will rise.b. excess demand for money, so the price level will fall.c. excess supply of money, so the price level will rise.d. excess supply of money, so the price level will fall.ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 3 REF: 30-1TOP: Money market MSC: Analytical31. When the money market is drawn with the value
34、of money on the vertical axis, if the value of money is below the equilibrium level,a. the price level will rise.b. the value of money will rise.c. money demand will shift left.d. money demand will shift right.ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Money market MSC: Analytical32. Suppose the money marke
35、t,drawn with the value of money on the vertical axis, is in equilibrium. If the money supply increases, then at the old value of money there isa. a shortage that will increase spending.b. a shortage that will reduce spending.c. a surplus that will increase spending.d. a surplus that will reduce spen
36、ding.ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 30-1TOP: Money market MSC: Analytical33. Which of the following is correct?a. If the Fed purchases bonds in the open market, then the money supply curve shifts right. A change in the price level does not shift the money supply curve.b. If the Fed sells bonds in the ope
37、n market, then the money supply curve shifts right. A change in the price level does not shift the money supply curve.c. If the Fed purchases bonds, then the money supply curve shifts right. An increase in the price level shifts the money supply curve right.d. If the Fed sells bonds, then the money
38、supply curve shifts right. A decrease in the price level shifts the money supply curve right.ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 30-1TOP: Money supply MSC: Analytical34. When the money market is drawn with the value of money on the vertical axis, an increase in the money supply shifts the money supply curve t
39、o thea. right, lowering the price level.b. right, raising the price level.c. left, raising the price level.d. left, lowering the price level.ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 30-1TOP: Money market MSC: Applicative1252 Chapter 30 /Money Growth and Inflation35. If the Fed raises the money supply, then 1/Pa. f
40、alls, so the value of money falls.b. falls, so the value of money rises.c. rises, so the value of money falls.d. rises, so the value of money rises.ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Deflation | Inflation MSC: Interpretive36. When the money market is drawn with the value of money on the vertical axi
41、s, an increase in the money supplya. increases the price level and the value of money.b. increases the price level and decreases the value of money.c. decreases the price level and increases the value of money.d. decreases the price level and the value of money.ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 30-1TOP: Mon
42、ey market MSC: Applicative37. When the money market is drawn with the value of money on the vertical axis, an increase in the money supply causes the equilibrium value of moneya. and equilibrium quantity of money to increase.b. and equilibrium quantity of money to decrease.c. to increase, while the
43、equilibrium quantity of money decreases.d. to decrease, while the equilibrium quantity of money increases.ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 30-1TOP: Money market MSC: Applicative38. When the money market is drawn with the value of money on the vertical axis, if the Fed sells bonds thena. the money supply an
44、d the price level increase.b. the money supply and the price level decrease.c. the money supply increases and the price level decreases.d. the money supply increases and the price level increases.ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 REF: 30-1TOP: Money supply MSC: Applicative39. When the money market is drawn with
45、the value of money on the vertical axis, the value of money increases ifa. either money demand or money supply shifts right.b. either money demand or money supply shifts left.c. money demand shifts right or money supply shifts left.d. money demand shifts left or money supply shifts right.ANS: C PTS:
46、 1 DIF: 2 REF: 30-1TOP: Money market MSC: Analytical40. When the money market is drawn with the value of money on the vertical axis, the price level increases ifa. either money demand or money supply shifts right.b. either money demand or money supply shifts left.c. money demand shifts right or mone
47、y supply shifts left.d. money demand shifts left or money supply shifts right.ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 30-1TOP: Money market MSC: Applicative41. When the money market is drawn with the value of money on the vertical axis, the price level decreases ifa. either money demand or money supply shifts rig
48、ht.b. either money demand or money supply shifts left.c. money demand shifts right or money supply shifts left.d. money demand shifts left or money supply shifts right.ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 30-1TOP: Money market MSC: ApplicativeChapter 30 /Money Growth and Inflation 125342. When the money market
49、 is drawn with the value of money on the vertical axis, the price level increases ifa. money demand shifts right and decreases if money supply shifts right.b. money demand shifts right and decreases if money supply shifts left.c. money demand shifts left and decreases if money supply shifts right.d. money demand shifts left and decreases if money supply shifts left.ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 2 REF: 30-1TOP: Money market MSC: Applicative43. Open-market purchases by the Fed make the money supplya. increase, which makes the value of money increase.b. increase, which makes the value of money
