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Guc 57 56 21578 2022-06-21T23 26 05
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Quiz Two
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(4) In 2009/10, the gap between Greece and German government bond yields widened
dramatically. That signaled…
(a) That Greece experienced an economic boom
(b) That Greece was still a beautiful country
(c) That Germany was in a recessionary gap
(d) That Greece was losing the trust of international investors/lenders
(e) None of the above
Faculty of Management Technology Economics C Department
Macroeconomics (ECON403) S21 Prof. Christian Schubert
(5) “By increasing the interest rate, government borrowing crowds out private investment!”
That claim
(a) Is correct
(b) Is wrong
(c) Is wrong if initially, the economy has underemployed resources
(d) Is wrong if initially, the economy operates above potential output
(e) None of the above.
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Faculty of Management Technology Economics C Department
Macroeconomics (ECON403) S21 Prof. Christian Schubert
Assuming a starting point at the long-run equilibrium, what happens if there is a negative
demand shock? Please sketch this negative demand shock in a fully labelled diagram. State how
the government can respond to help close this gap.