The price of a barrel of oil doubled between 2007 and the middle of 2008. To make matters worse, a financial crisis hit the U.S. economy starting in August of 2007. Which of the following is TRUE of the United Kingdom's experience?
A) The increase in the price of oil immediately shifted the AS curve to the left.
B) The financial crisis did not take hold right away so the AD curve did not immediately shift.
C) Eventually, the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy caused a negative demand shock leading to a further fall in output and an increase in the unemployment rate.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above.
D
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Value and price can be compared by noting that
A) they are the same thing. B) value is always greater than price. C) value is what we must pay, while price is what we are willing to pay. D) price is what we must pay, and value is what we are willing to pay. E) value is what the seller receives when we buy a good, and price is what we must pay when we buy a good.
Which of the following causes the unemployment rate to understate the true extent of joblessness?
A) Many full time workers really want to be part time workers. B) A drug dealer reports herself as unemployed. C) Persons who collect unemployment benefits report themselves to be searching for a job. D) Discouraged workers are counted as unemployed. E) Discouraged workers are not counted as unemployed.