1. The short-run Phillips Curve is a curve that shows the relationship between the inflation rate and the pure interest rate when the natural rate of unemployment and the expected rate of inflation remain constant. True False 2. At higher rates of inflation, unemployment is lower in the short-run Phillips Curve; in the long run, however, inflation has no effect on unemployment. True False. 3.The Federal Funds Market is actually monitored and manipulated by the Federal Reserve, but individual investors can enter the market and borrow funds if desired. True False 4. One of the three main tools of the Federal Reserve is fiscal policy. True False 5. The Federal Reserve's Reserve Requirement ratio can reduce the monetary base and thus the money supply. True False 6. If the Federal Reserve wants to reduce interest rates and increase the velocity of money, it can utilize the open market operations tool by selling government bonds to member banks. True False 7. The use of money as a medium of exchange represents the most important service that money renders. True False 8. Keynes advocated government deficit spending during recessions, especially if full employment was not yet reached. True False 9. ommercial banks and credit unions can create money and credit. True False 10. M1 includes currency, checkable deposits, and traveler's checks, but M2 does not include M1 in any way. 11. The imposition of a tariff on foreign goods is more likely to decrease producer surplus of the domestic firms competing with those foreign firms on whom the tariff is imposed. True False 12. When an American purchases a German good or invests in Germany, Euros currency is supplied and U.S. dollars are demanded. True False 13. The main goal of the Federal Reserve is the unemployment rate. True False 14. If the economy is in long run economic equilibrium, at potential GDP, and full employment has been reached as well, if there is an outward shift in aggregate demand, we can expect damaging inflation to start to occur and the government to seek contractionary fiscal and monetary options. True False 15. If the MPC is .9, and government purchases increase by $6,000, real GDP demanded will: a. decrease by $60,000 b. decrease by $6,000 c. increase by $60,000 d. increase by $6,000 e. increase by $5,000 17. Fiscal policy consists of the executive branch's decisions to tax and spend. If the economy is in an expansionary mode just coming out of a recession, in regards to aggregate demand and aggregate supply, we can assume that a tax hike will lead to a. the economy expanding even more as a result. b. aggregate demand and supply to shift inward. c. aggregate supply to shift inward. d. aggregate demand to shift inward. e. no changes will occur. 18. The natural rate of unemployment is a. when the economy is at potential GDP. b. when the unemployment rate is at full employment. .