The Business Cycle Answers

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C
Consumers spend less, causing worker layoffs.
D
Demand falls, causing production to stay at its peak.
A
A recession begins, causing consumers to spend more.
G
Goods are overproduced, causing a surplus in jobs.
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During a recession, what is one way governments try to encourage growth?

b
by increasing unemployment benefits
b
by stopping government spending
b
by requiring firms to maintain production
b
by eliminating all tax breaks
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Which event most likely explains renewed demand in a recovery period?

C
Consumers choose to save more and spend less.
E
Economic policy renews consumer confidence and demand.
P
Producers decrease prices to prompt demand and recovery.
P
Production decreases to prompt increased demand.
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Which statement best describes why it is difficult to sell a home during a recession?

M
Mortgage rates are high.
D
Demand greatly decreases.
M
Mortgages become unavailable.
H
Housing prices increase.
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Which of the following is a characteristic of prosperity in the peak phase of the business cycle?

s
stagnant prices
h
high levels of production
a
ambivalence about the economy
r
reduced incomes
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T
The recession enters a recovery period.
T
The recession slows.
T
The recession accelerates.
T
The recession starts and stops.
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C
Car dealerships have minimal overstock.
C
Car dealerships are not restocking.
C
Car dealerships cannot sell their stock.
C
Car dealerships cannot obtain stock.
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When production is very high but demand is very low, it can lead to

a
a recession.
a
a recovery.
p
prosperity.
t
the peak.

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