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Survey of Basic Economics Chapter 15
The University of Akron with Sukanya Kemp
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
11/08/2012

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Fiscal Policy
Definition
manipulation of the level of government spending and taxation, to achieve macroeconomic goals
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Excessive Agregate Demand
Definition
Causes Inflation
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Stagflation
Definition
High Unemployment and High Inflation
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Supply-Side Policy
Definition
to manipulate the level of taxation and governement regulations to achieve macroexonomic goals
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Unit of Account
Definition
When the market value of goods and services is expressed in prices
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1913
Definition
The Federal Reserve System was founded
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Functions of Money
Definition
-A medium of Exchange
-Unit of Account
-Store of Value
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The primary components of aggregate demand
Definition
Consumption
Investment
Government spending
Net Exports
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Expansionary Policy
Definition
Increase Government Spending
Lowering Taxes
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Contractionary Policy
Definition
Decrease Govt Spending
Increase Taxes
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Supply-side economics
Definition
"Lower tax rates encourage people to work, save, and invest, resulting in more output and larger tax base"
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Supply-side economists would advocate
Definition
Reduction in: regulation, resources prices and taxes
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Barter
Definition
Direct exchange of goods and services
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A Double Coincidence of Wants
Definition
Barter often fails due to the absence of
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Medium of Exchange
Definition
When money is used to pay for goods and services
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Store of Value
Definition
When money is used to transform current income into future purchases
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Legal Tender
Definition
When money is acceptable because the government requires that it be accepted in payment for debt
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The Currency of the U.S.
Definition
is not backed by any precious metal
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M1
Definition
coins, currency, checkable deposits and travelers checks
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M2
Definition
M1 plus savings accounts, small time deposits
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The Federal Reserve System
Definition
controls the money supply
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Ben Bernake
Definition
The Chair of the Board of Governors of the Fed
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Macroeconomics
Definition
The study of aggregate economic behavior
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The Business Cycle shows...
Definition
how economic activity and real GDP fluctuates around its long-term growth trend
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The Labor Force
Definition
All persons 16 and older who are either working for pay or actively seeking employment
Term
Demand-Pull Inflation
Definition
Inflation caused by shifts of the aggregate demand curve
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Cost-Push Inflation
Definition
Inflation caused by shifts of the aggregate supply curve
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Things that do not count in GDP
Definition
-Intermediate Goods
-Used goods
-Stocks & Bonds
-Transfer Payments
-Underground economy
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Frictional Unemployment
Definition
Short term unemployment
-ex: graduates looking for work
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Structural Unemployment
Definition
Unemployment that includes a mismatch of skills
-ex: encyclopedia salesman
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Cyclical Unemployment
Definition
Unemployment due to business cycles
-ex: laid off bc of recession
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Disinflation
Definition
the rate that inflation decreases
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Hyperinflation
Definition
When the inflation rate is more than 50% a month
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Nominal Income
Definition
Actual amount of salary received
Term
Real Income
Definition
The goods and services that can be purchased with the nominal income
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The Real Balance Effect
Definition
-Prices Rise
-Value of ppls assets and wealth fall
-Ppl buy less and spend less
-RGDP decreases
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The Interest Rate Effect
Definition
-Prices Increase
-The nominal interest rate goes up
-ppl borrow less and spend less
-RGDP decreases
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The Net Export Effect
Definition
-Prices rise
-Prices of domestic goods increase
-Ppl buy less domestic goods
-RGDP decreases
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Adam Smith
Definition
Father of Modern Economics
-Laissez Faire
-Market's invisible hand
-classical school of thought
Term
Classical School of Thought
Definition
1.Prices and Wages are perfectly flexible
2. Bus. cycles are natural phases
3. The economy always moves twd full employment
4. Govt interference is unnecessary
5. Says Law: supply creates its own demand
Term
Keynesian School of Thought
Definition
1. Economy is inherently unstable
2. Prices and wages are sticky, not flexible
3. Govt intervention = necessary
Term
Classical AS curve
Definition
Vertical
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Keynesian AS curve
Definition
Horizontal
Term
Sandra Pianalto
Definition
President of the Fed of Cleveland
Term
GDP Equation
Definition
GDP = C + I + G + (X - M)
Term
Borrowers
Definition
Benefit from inflation
Term
The base year in the consumer price index (CPI)
Definition
a year chosen as a reference for prices in all other years
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The aggregate demand curve is defined as
Definition
the real GDP purchased at different possible price levels
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What will shift the aggregate demand curve to the left?
Definition
A decrease in government spending
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