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Econ Terms + Fiscal Policy + Reserve Requirements

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the following?


GDP is growing. The unemployment rate is going down.

a)

Expansion

b)

Contraction

2.

What is the following?


A majority of businesses are selling more products. Due to increased profits, they are are hiring more workers. Consumers are spending more money.

a)

Expansion

b)

Contraction

3.

What POLICY should the government use in the following scenario?


"Inflation is rising"

a)

Contractionary

b)

Expansionary

4.

What POLICY should the government use in the following scenario?


"The economy is in a recession"

a)

Expansionary

b)

Contractionary

5.

What POLICY should the government use in the following scenario?


"GDP is falling. The Unemployment Rate is going up"

a)

Expansionary

b)

Contractionary

6.

What POLICY should the government use in the following scenario?


"the prices for all goods and services are increasing"

a)

Expansionary

b)

Contractionary

7.

What POLICY should the government use in the following scenario?


"Consumer Demand is falling. People are spending less money in the economy..."

a)

Expansionary

b)

Contractionary

8.

A sustained increase in the general level of prices for goods and services is called...

a)

Deflation

b)

Inflation

c)

GDP

d)

Expansionary Policy

9.

The dollar value of all goods, services, and structures produced in a country’s borders during a one-year period.

a)

GDP

b)

Contraction

c)

Unemployment

d)

Inflation

10.

A recession is another word for a...

a)

Contraction

b)

Expansion

c)

Inflation

d)

GDP

11.

During an expansion, what is happening to consumer demand?

a)

It is rising

b)

It is falling

12.

Another word for Expansion would be...

a)

recovery

b)

recession

c)

contraction

d)

inflation

13.

Expansionary Policies tend to...

a)

Increase Consumer Demand

b)

Stop inflation

c)

Decrease GDP

14.

Contractionary Policy tends to...

a)

Create more unemployment

b)

Create more inflation

c)

Increase GDP

15.
Which would the government do to create more economic growth?
a)
increase government spending
b)
cut government spending
16.
What happens to the money supply when the Fed raises reserve requirements?
a)
Expands
b)
Contracts
17.

Which of the following will most likely create an “expansion” to occur in the economy.

a)

cutting taxes

b)

contractionary fiscal policy

c)

cutting government spending

d)

increasing the discount rate

18.

Which of the following will most likely create a “contraction” to occur in the economy.

a)

cutting government spending

b)

expansionary fiscal policy

c)

lowering the discount rate

d)

the Federal Reserve buying bonds

19.

Fiscal policy aims to influence the economic activity through the use of

a)

money supply and interest rate.

b)

exchange rate.

c)

government spending and taxation.

d)

direct and indirect taxation.

20.

Which would encourage economic growth?

a)

raising reserve requirements

b)

lowering reserve requirements?

21.

Which performs "fiscal policy"?

a)

The Federal Reserve Bank

b)

The President and Congress

22.

Using Fiscal Policy, what is one way to increase the level of demand in the economy?

a)

Raise Taxes

b)

Cut Government Spending

c)

Cut Taxes

d)

Lower Reserve Requirements