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An increase in money demand would create a surplus of money at the original value of money.

A) True
B) False

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The story The Wizard of Oz can be interpreted as an allegory about U.S.monetary policy in the late 19th century.

A) True
B) False

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Dollar prices and relative prices are both nominal variables.

A) True
B) False

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The price level is determined by the supply of,and demand for,money.

A) True
B) False

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An excess supply of money is eliminated by a falling price level

A) True
B) False

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In the late 1800's deflation caused farmers to suffer as the fall in crop prices reduced their income and thus their ability to pay off their debts.

A) True
B) False

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If the real interest rate is 5% and the inflation rate is 3%,then the nominal interest rate is 8%.

A) True
B) False

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Inflation distorts savings when real interest income,rather than nominal interest income,is taxed.

A) True
B) False

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One study found that unemployment is the economic term mentioned most often in U.S.newspapers.

A) True
B) False

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False

According to the Fisher effect,if inflation rises then the nominal interest rate rises.

A) True
B) False

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Monetary neutrality means that while real variables may change in response to changes in the money supply,nominal variables do not.

A) True
B) False

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Inflation is costly only if it is unanticipated.

A) True
B) False

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The source of all four classic hyperinflations was high rates of money growth.

A) True
B) False

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Suppose the nominal interest rate is 5 percent,the tax rate on interest income is 30 percent,and the after-tax real interest rate is 2.1percent.Then the inflation rate is 2 percent.

A) True
B) False

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If the Fed conducts open market sales,the equilibrium value of money decreases and the equilibrium price level increases.

A) True
B) False

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Inflation necessarily distorts saving when either real interest income or nominal interest income is taxed.

A) True
B) False

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As the price level falls,the value of money falls.

A) True
B) False

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If inflation is higher than expected,then lenders receive interest payments whose real values are less than they expected.

A) True
B) False

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For a given real interest rate,an increase in the inflation rate reduces the after-tax real interest rate.

A) True
B) False

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The money demand curve is downward sloping because as the value of money falls people desire to hold a larger quantity of money.

A) True
B) False

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