National Income and Price Determination
Assuming ceteris paribus conditions, what would be an expected outcome on balance of payments when there is an intervention involving selling large amounts of foreign reserves?
The action could temporarily support the value of the domestic currency but might induce future deficits if not supported by fundamental economic changes.
Selling foreign reserves has no immediate impact on balances but encourages long-term capital inflow stability resulting typically in sustained surpluses.
It triggers systematic depreciation patterns followed invariably with balanced payment equilibrium given altered perceptions regarding monetary policies alone.
The sale results primarily into persistent surpluses across all balances owing exclusively due external confidence created among international investors/traders.
What effect would significant technological innovation have on both domestic firms’ international competitiveness and their country's long-run aggregate supply?
While domestic firms might struggle abroad, overall national productive efficiency would decrease leading to an inward shift in the LRAS curve.
The innovation would enhance international competitiveness and shift the country's LRAS outward.
Technological innovation would diminish firms' international competitiveness but still increase national total factor productivity.
There wouldn't be any discernible effects on either competitive standing or long-run aggregate supply as innovations are typically short-lived.
What effect does a country's accumulation of physical capital have on its LRAS?
It causes LRAS to shift rightward.
It reduces overall productivity and potential output.
It causes LRAS to shift leftward.
There is no effect on LRAS but on SRAS only.
What could be a consequence for a nation’s long-run aggregate supply if there is an inflow of skilled immigrants?
The nation’s LRAS may shift leftward due to increased consumption that outpaces production capacity.
There will be no impact on the nation's LRAS since immigration only affects short-term economic conditions.
The nation’s LRAS may shift rightward because of an expanded labor force with higher productivity potential.
The nation’s price level might rise without changing the position of the LRAS curve owing to wage pressures from new workers entering the labor market.
Which component of fiscal policy can increase aggregate demand when decreased?
Currency value
Interest rates
Taxes
Import quotas
What does the Long-Run Aggregate Supply (LRAS) curve represent in an economy?
The total amount of goods and services demanded at different price levels.
The potential output when all resources are used efficiently.
The actual output produced in the short run, given current prices.
The maximum output an economy can produce with existing technology.
What impact does a country-wide initiative for improving education quality have on its long-run aggregate supply curve?
No immediate effect but may cause outward shifts if higher education leads to technological innovations later on.
Movement is ambiguous due to possible shifts between private sector and public sector jobs by educated workers.
It results in inward movement due to increased costs for government funding education programs.
It shifts outward because a better-educated workforce enhances productivity and potential GDP over time.

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What tends to happen if there is substantial population growth assuming all else constant?
LRASShiftsLeft2019DueToLaborShortage
The workforce expands increasing potential output.
ThereIsNoImpactOnAggregateSupplyInEitherTheShortOrLongTerm
ProductivityPerWorkerIncreasesLeadingToLowerOutput
How does an appreciation of a country's currency affect its long-run aggregate supply (LRAS)?
It shifts the LRAS to the left due to decreased competitiveness in international markets.
It does not affect LRAS as it is determined by factors like technology, capital, and resources.
It decreases LRAS as it makes exports more expensive and reduces foreign demand for goods.
It increases LRAS by making imports cheaper and increasing consumer purchasing power.
What impact does increased immigration have on a country's long run aggregate supply?
It has no impact on the long run aggregate supply of a country.
It can decrease the labor force and lead to lower production and economic decline.
It can increase the labor force and lead to higher production and economic growth.