The Weekend Quiz – June 2-3, 2018

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Quiz #480

• 1. Start from a situation where the external surplus is the equivalent of 2 per cent of GDP and the fiscal surplus is 2 per cent. If the fiscal balance stays constant and the external surplus rises to the equivalent of 4 per cent of GDP then:
• National income falls and the private surplus moves from 0 per cent of GDP to 2 per cent of GDP.
• National income remains unchanged and the private surplus moves from 0 per cent of GDP to 2 per cent of GDP.
• National income rises and the private surplus moves from 0 per cent of GDP to 2 per cent of GDP.
• National income falls and the private surplus moves from 4 per cent of GDP to 6 per cent of GDP.
• National income remains unchanged and the private surplus moves from 4 per cent of GDP to 6 per cent of GDP.
• National income rises and the private surplus moves from 4 per cent of GDP to 6 per cent of GDP.
• 2. A rising fiscal deficit tells us that the government is pursuing an increasingly expansionary fiscal stance.
• False
• True
• 3. Matching government deficit spending with bond issues is less expansionary than if the government instructed the central bank to buy its bonds to match the deficit.
• False
• True

Sorry, quiz 480 is now closed.

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