{"id":4926,"date":"2009-09-12T01:00:09","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/?p=4926"},"modified":"2009-09-12T01:00:09","modified_gmt":"2009-09-11T15:00:09","slug":"saturday-quiz-september-12-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/?p=4926","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Quiz &#8211; September 12, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tWelcome to the <strong>billy blog Saturday quiz<\/strong>. The quiz tests whether you have been paying attention over the last seven days.<\/p>\n<p>See how you go with the following five questions. Your results are only known to you and no records are retained.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<h4>Quiz #25<\/h4><ul>\n<li>1. A stock-flow consistent macroeconomic framework shows categorically that as long as net government spending grows in line with GDP, inflation will not be a problem.<\/li><ul><li>False<\/li><li>True<\/li><\/ul>\n<li>2. A rising federal budget deficit indicates the stock of net government spending at that level is also rising to support private saving.<\/li><ul><li>False<\/li><li>True<\/li><\/ul>\n<li>3. When an external deficit (X  M < 0) and public deficit (G - T > 0) coincide, there must be a private sector deficit, which means that governments can only really run budget deficits safely to support a private sector surplus, when net exports are strong.<\/li><ul><li>False<\/li><li>True<\/li><\/ul>\n<li>4. If an individual repays a bank loan in dollar bills instead of with a cheque, this transaction will not destroy the financial assets created when the loan was made because a bank will never destroy that cash. So not all transactions between non-government entities net to zero.<\/li><ul><li>False<\/li><li>True<\/li><\/ul>\n<li>5. The Austrian School is correct in one way that we should acknowledge. If there is a lack of desire to save among households then investors will find it difficult to get funds at reasonable prices to build productive capacity.<\/li><ul><li>False<\/li><li>True<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sorry, quiz 25 is now closed.<\/h3>\n\t<p> scroll down to  find the answers and explanation below.\n\t<br\/><br\/><br\/><br\/><br\/><br\/><br\/><br\/><br\/><br\/><br\/><br\/><br\/><br\/><br\/><br\/>\n\t<h4>Quiz #25 answers <\/h4><ul>\n<li>1. A stock-flow consistent macroeconomic framework shows categorically that as long as net government spending grows in line with GDP, inflation will not be a problem.<\/li><p>Answer: False<\/p><p>Explanation: You might like to review <a href=\"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/?p=4870\">Stock-flow consistent macro models<\/a> for further information or post a comment.<\/p>\n<li>2. A rising federal budget deficit indicates the stock of net government spending at that level is also rising to support private saving.<\/li><p>Answer: False<\/p><p>Explanation: You might like to review <a href=\"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/?p=4870\">Stock-flow consistent macro models<\/a> for further information or post a comment.<\/p>\n<li>3. When an external deficit (X  M < 0) and public deficit (G - T > 0) coincide, there must be a private sector deficit, which means that governments can only really run budget deficits safely to support a private sector surplus, when net exports are strong.<\/li><p>Answer: False<\/p><p>Explanation: You might like to review <a href=\"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/?p=4870\">Stock-flow consistent macro models<\/a> for further information or post a comment.<\/p>\n<li>4. If an individual repays a bank loan in dollar bills instead of with a cheque, this transaction will not destroy the financial assets created when the loan was made because a bank will never destroy that cash. So not all transactions between non-government entities net to zero.<\/li><p>Answer: False<\/p><p>Explanation: You might like to review <a href=\"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/?p=4870\">Stock-flow consistent macro models<\/a> for further information or post a comment.<\/p>\n<li>5. The Austrian School is correct in one way that we should acknowledge. If there is a lack of desire to save among households then investors will find it difficult to get funds at reasonable prices to build productive capacity.<\/li><p>Answer: False<\/p><p>Explanation: You might like to review <a href=\"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/?p=4898\">Retail sales  a story within a story<\/a> for further information or post a comment.<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the billy blog Saturday quiz. The quiz tests whether you have been paying attention over the last seven days. See how you go with the following five questions. 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