The expression social market economy, when applied to the German economic system, refers to
a. the poor performance of the German economy after World War II.
b. the absence of national economic planning.
c. the combination of state intervention and market forces to achieve desired social goals.
d. the rejection of private ownership.
e. none of the above.
Question 2
Assume that the central bank purchases government securities in the open market. If the nation has low mobility international capital markets and a flexible exchange rate system, what happens to real GDP and the nominal value of the domestic currency in the context of the Three-Sector-Model?
a. Real GDP rises, and nominal value of the domestic currency falls.
b. Real GDP falls, and nominal value of the domestic currency rises.
c. Real GDP rises, and the nominal value of the domestic currency remains the same.
d. Real GDP rises, and nominal value of the domestic currency rises.
e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.