The Weekend Quiz – August 14-15, 2021

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Quiz #648

• 1. Over the last several decades, central banks and treasuries have used the concept of the Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment (NAIRU) to define full employment and calibrate their estimates of the state of the economic cycle. Accordingly, these estimates will typically be:
• biased downwards indicating they think the economy is further away from full employment than it actually is.
• biased upwards indicating they think that the economy is closer to full employment than it actually is.
• difficult to assess because their forecasts are subject to forecasting inaccuracy.
• 2. When a sovereign government issues debt it logically:
• reduces the capacity of the private sector to borrow from banks because they use their deposits to buy the bonds.
• has no impact on the overall holdings of assets held by the non-government sector $-for-$.
• increases the assets that are held by the non-government sector $-for-$.
• 3. Only one of the following statements can be true when you observe rising government bond yields for new issues:
• Government spending is increasing the cost of borrowing for private investors.
• Bond prices are falling in response to demand.
• Government spending is becoming more expensive.

Sorry, quiz 648 is now closed.

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