Appreciation of the U.S. dollar means that the

Investment spending increases with

If households expect a recession and worry about job loss, consumption tends to _____, and aggregate expenditures ______

____ unemployment is short term; ____ unemployment can be long term.

As the interest rate falls, investment is stimulated as the cost of financing the investment is ______

In the official labor statistics, discouraged workers are

To avoid confusing ____ fluctuations in unemployment with other sources of unemployment, unemployment data are adjusted ____.

Which of the following constitutes a transfer payment?

New production technology ________ investment spending as firms are forced to adopt new production methods to stay competitive.

Which of the following does not qualify as an automatic stabilizer?