The Weekend Quiz – September 17-18, 2022

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Quiz #701

  • 1. If workers desire real wage gains then they must maintain nominal wages growth equal to the growth in labour productivity.
    • False
    • True
  • 2. Assume the central bank keeps the inflation rate steady and equal to the nominal interest rate. Under these monetary conditions, a government can push the primary fiscal balance into surplus and drive down the public debt ratio even if the fiscal austerity causes a recession.
    • False
    • True
  • 3. Suppose a government announced it intended to cut its deficit from 4 per cent of GDP to 2 per cent in the coming year and during that year net exports were projected to move from a deficit of 1 per cent of GDP to a surplus of 1 per cent of GDP. If private domestic sector deleveraging resulted in it spending less than it earned to the measure of 5 per cent of GDP, then the fiscal austerity plans will undermine growth even if the net export surplus was realised.
    • False
    • True

Sorry, quiz 701 is now closed.

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