今年的AP考试月已经到啦,本文来和你分享一道AP宏观经济真题,提一提大题的回答状态。快来跟着标准答案与解析来查漏补缺自己的答题细节吧。
(以2021年为例)
2021年5月10日 当地时间12 PM
2021年5月19日 美东时间 4 PM
2021年6月2日 美东时间 4 PM
AP宏观经济真题考的知识点比微观经济学要少,但宏观经济学每一张知识点之间的联系都是非常密切的,因此宏观经济学要求学员具备较强的逻辑思维能力,所以同学们在复习宏观经济时也不容大意。
财政政策和货币政策是整个宏观经济学的核心,FRQ几乎都是围绕这两个政策出的,MCQ基本有50%以上 的题涉及这两个知识点。
需要提醒各位考生的是,不论题目考的是简单的知识点,还是考试的重难点,题目的分值都是一样的。所以为了助力同学们最后能取得一个好的分数,要尽可能全面复习所有的考点。
题目
1. Assume the United States economy is in recession.
(а) Draw a correctly labeled graph of the long-run aggregate supply, short-run aggregate supply, and aggregate demand curves, and show each of the following.
(i) Current price level, labeled PL1
(ii) Current output, labeled Y1
(b) Now assume the euro zone, a major trading partner of the United States, enters into a recession.
(i) What will be the effect on United States exports to the euro zone? Explain.
(ii) On your graph in part (а), show the effect of the change identified in part (b)(i) on real output in the United States.
(ii) What will be the effect of the change identified in part (b)(ii) on unemployment in the United States? (с) Assume the euro zone recession causes a decrease in the demand for United States dollars in the foreign exchange market.
(i) Will the euro appreciate, depreciate, or remain unchanged against the dollar? Explain.
(ii) Draw a correctly labeled graph of the foreign exchange market for dollars, and show the effect of the decrease in the demand for dollars on the exchange rate for dollars.
(d) Assume the United States implements a combination of expansionary fiscal and monetary policies. In the absence of complete crowding out, what will be the effect of these policies on each of the following?
(i) Aggregate demand in the United States
(ii) The price level in the United States
(ii) Interest rates in the United States. Explain.
AP宏观经济真题解析:
本题重点考查AD-AS模型和外汇市场。
答案:
(a) 1 分:
One point is earned for drawing a correctly labeled graph showing AD, SRAS, Y1 and PL1.
(b) 4 分:
One point is earned for stating that United States exports to the euro zone would decrease.
One point is earned for explaining that the people of the euro zone are poorer and the demand for U.S. exports would decrease.
One point is earned for showing a leftward shift of the AD curve and indicating Y2 and PL2.
One point is earned for stating that the unemployment in the United States would increase.
(c) 4分:
One point is earned for stating that the euro will appreciate against the dollar.
One point is earned for explaining that the decrease in the demand for the dollar would cause the dollar to depreciate against the euro.
One point is earned for drawing a correctly labeled graph of the labeled graph of the foreign exchange market for the dollar.
One point is earned for shifting the demand curve to the left and showing an decrease in the value of the dollar.
(d) 4 分:
One point is earned for stating that the aggregate demand in the United States would increase.
One point is earned for stating that the price level in the United States would rise.
One point is earned for stating that the interest rate in the United States would indeterminate.
One point is earned for explaining that expansionary monetary policies means the increase in the money supply which would decrease the interest rate, but the increase in aggregate demand would increase in the interest rate.
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