Suppose that this year's money supply is $500 billion, nominal GDP is $10 trillion, and real GDP is $5 trillion. The price level
is , and the velocity of money is . Suppose that velocity is constant and the economy’s output of goods and services rises by 5 percent each year. Use this information to answer the questions that follow. If the Fed keeps the money supply constant, the price level will , and nominal GDP will . If the Fed wants to keep the price level stable instead, it should next year. If the Fed wants an inflation rate of 10 percent instead, it should . (Hint: The quantity equation can be rewritten as the following percentage change formula:
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Answer:
1. False
2. Shortage; Larger
Explanation:
1. A binding price ceiling is one that prevents the market from reaching its equilibrium. In this market, the equilibrium price is $25 therefore anything below $25 will be binding. A price ceiling below $25 per box is a binding ceiling.
2<em>. Assuming that the long-run demand for oranges is the same as the short-run demand, you would expect a binding price ceiling to result in a </em><em><u>shortage</u></em><em> that is </em><em><u>larger</u></em><em> in the long run than in the short run.</em>
In the long run, supply is more sensitive because farmers can decide to plant oranges on their land, to plant something else, or to sell their land altogether.
This means that a price ceiling in the long run will be less attractive to farmers so they might leave the market. If they do this then the shortage will be more as there are now less supplies in the market.
