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(02.03 LC) Assume that Jonathan was laid off by his company due to recession and stopped looking for work a few weeks later due to health reasons. Which of the following is true in this scenario?

(03.01–03.09 HC) For all graphs, be sure to correctly and completely label all axes and curves and use arrows to indicate the direction of any shifts.Assume Morocco is currently operating with an unemployment rate six percent above its natural rate of unemployment. Draw a correctly labeled graph of the long-run aggregate supply, short-run aggregate supply, and aggregate demand curves. Label the equilibrium price level PL1 and the equilibrium real output Y1. Label the full-employment level of output YF. Where on a production possibilities curve representing full employment in Morocco would current output be—on, outside, or inside the PPC? What can be assumed about inflation based on the information above? Assume that the output gap is estimated to be $156 billion and the government decides to take action. If the marginal propensity to consume is 0.75, by how much would it need to change government spending to close the gap? Show your work. If instead, government chose to use the income tax to close the output gap rather than changes in spending, calculate the change in tax revenue the government would need to close the gap. Assume the same figures as part (d). What is one possible automatic stabilizer in the economy that would contribute to closing this output gap? Assume that instead of intervening, the government allowed the economy to self-adjust in the long run. On your graph from part (a), illustrate how the economy would self-adjust in the long run. If the GDP deflator is 125 in the year that the output gap is identified, and two years later it is 150, is inflation becoming an issue? Explain, using the numbers provided.

(05.06 MC) Which of the following is true, with respect to the relationship between the production possibility curve (PPC) and the long-run aggregate supply curve (LRAS)?

(02.03 MC) Under which scenario will the actual rate of unemployment be higher than the natural rate of unemployment?

(04.01–04.07 HC) For all graphs, be sure to correctly and completely label all axes and curves and use arrows to indicate the direction of any shifts.Assume that an economy is in a short-run macroeconomic equilibrium and experiences a negative demand shock. What will happen to real output and the price level as a result? Explain. Using a correctly labeled graph of the money market, illustrate the impact of the negative demand shock. What will happen to the price of previously issued bonds? Explain. What is one policy action that the central bank could take to offset the change in the nominal interest rate from part (b)? Assume a limited reserves system. Assume that the required reserve ratio is 10 percent. If the central bank wants to increase the money supply by $20 billion, what is the specific open-market operation (type and minimum value) that the central bank needs to conduct?

(05.05 MC) When the government borrows money to fund deficit spending, which of the following is likely to occur?

(06.02 MC) Use the graph to answer the question that follows.This graph shows the competitive foreign exchange market for dollars. If initially the price of a dollar is 0.90 euro, which of the following is true?

(02.01 LC) Which of the following is true in the circular flow model of the economy?

(02.04 MC) If the consumer price index for a given year is 120 and the price of the fixed basket of goods for that year is $60, what must the price of the basket have been in the base year?

(04.05 MC) Use the graph to answer the question that follows.Which of the following would explain the shift in the money market shown above?