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External environment - Government policy

Quiz - Getting fiscal with money - fiscal, monetary and supply-side policy

1. Fill in the blanks below to give a description of fiscal, monetary and supply-side policy.
(Type your answers)


2. Identify each of the following policies as either fiscal, monetary or supply-side.

  • Corporation tax cuts

(a) * Fiscal
(b) * Monetary
(c) * Supply-side

   
  • The introduction of a voucher scheme for all parents to increase the level of competition among schools

(a) * Fiscal
(b) * Monetary
(c) * Supply-side

   
  • Increased government spending on research and development
    (Select one or more answers)

(a) * Fiscal
(b) * Monetary
(c) * Supply-side

       
  • Cutting unemployment benefits to encourage the unemployed to look for work quicker

(a) * Fiscal
(b) * Monetary
(c) * Supply-side

   
  • A cut in the official interest rate

(a) * Fiscal
(b) * Monetary
(c) * Supply-side

   
  • An increase in the income tax personal allowance

(a) * Fiscal
(b) * Monetary
(c) * Supply-side

   
  • The publication of money supply targets

(a) * Fiscal
(b) * Monetary
(c) * Supply-side

   
  • Capital investment allowances for firms
    (Select one or more answers)

(a) * Fiscal
(b) * Monetary
(c) * Supply-side

       
  • A reduction in the number of regulations with which firms have to comply for reasons of health and safety

(a) * Fiscal
(b) * Monetary
(c) * Supply-side

   
  • An increase in the tobacco tax

(a) * Fiscal
(b) * Monetary
(c) * Supply-side

   
3. How many people are members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the US Federal Reserve?
(Type your answer in figures)

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4. How many of these FOMC members are members of the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve?
(Type your answer in figures)

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5. How many are presidents of other subsidiary Federal Reserve Banks?
(Type your answer in figures)

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6. Which of the following would be considered a reflationary (the encouragement of economic growth) fiscal policy?

(a) * An increase in the rate of income tax
(b) * A decrease in the interest rate
(c) * An increase in government spending on health care
(d) * A decrease in tax allowances