A Decrease in Aggregate Demand Is Harmful in the Short

question 167

Multiple Choice

A decrease in aggregate demand is harmful in the short run because ________,but beneficial in the long run because ________.

• A) real wealth rises; real wealth falls
• B) wages increase; wages decrease
• C) the price level rises; output falls
• D) unemployment rises; the price level falls
• E) the price level falls; the unemployment rate rises

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Definitions:

α-D-Ribofuranose

A sugar derivative where the pentose sugar ribose is in its furanose form (a five-membered oxygen-containing ring) and has a specific orientation (alpha) of the hydroxyl group attached to the anomeric carbon.

Epimers

Stereoisomers that differ in configuration at only one stereogenic center among several.

D-Arabinose

A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of many polysaccharides and glycoproteins.

D-Xylose

A sugar molecule classified as an aldopentose, which means it has five carbon atoms and contains an aldehyde functional group.