BAB 10.

INFLASI

Soal Pilihan Ganda

1. The CPI measures approximately the same economic phenomenon as

a. nominal GDP.
b. real GDP.
c. the GDP deflator.
d. the unemployment rate.

2. The largest component in the basket of goods and services used to compute the CPI
is
a. food and beverages.
b. housing.
c. medical care.
d. apparel.

3. If a Pennsylvania gun manufacturer raises the price of rifles it sells to the U.S. Army,
its price hikes will
increase
a. both the CPI and the GDP deflator.
b. neither the CPI nor the GDP deflator.
c. the CPI but not the GDP deflator.
d. the GDP deflator but not the CPI.

4. Because consumers can sometimes substitute cheaper goods for those that have risen
in price,
a. the CPI overstates inflation.
b. the CPI understates inflation.
c. the GDP deflator overstates inflation.
d. the GDP deflator understates inflation.

5. If the CPI is 200 in year 1980 and 300 today, then $600 in 1980 has the same
purchasing power as
________ today.
a. $400
b. $500
c. $700
d. $900

6. You deposit $2,000 in a savings account, and a year later you have $2,100.
Meanwhile, the CPI rises from 200 to 204. In this case, the nominal interest rate is
_____ percent, and the real interest rate is _____
percent.
a. 1, 5
b. 3, 5
c. 5, 1
d. 5, 3

Soal Essay
Soal No 1.

a. Menggunakan metode CPI, hitung perubahan persentase di tingkat harga

keseluruhan. Gunakan 2017 sebagai tahun dasar
b. Menggunakan metode GDP deflator, hitung persentase perubahan secara
keseluruhan tingkat harga. Juga gunakan 2017 sebagai tahun dasar.
c. Apakah tingkat inflasi pada tahun 2018 sama dengan menggunakan kedua
metode? Jelaskan mengapa ya atau mengapa tidak.

Soal No 2.

a. Berapa persentase perubahan harga masing-masing dari ketiga barang tersebut?

b. Menggunakan metode CPI, hitung perubahan persentase tingkat harga
keseluruhan.
BAB 11. PENGANGGURAN
Soal Pilihan Ganda

1. The population of Ectenia is 100 people: 40 work full-time, 20 work half-time but
would prefer to work full-time, 10 are looking for a job, 10 would like to work but are
so discouraged they have given up looking, 10 are not interested in working because
they are full-time students, and 10 are retired. What is the number
of unemployed?
a. 10
b. 20
c. 30
d. 40

2. Using the numbers in the preceding question, what is the size of Ectenia’s labor
force?
a. 50
b. 60
c. 70
d. 80

3. The main policy goal of the unemployment insurance system is to reduce the
a. search effort of the unemployed.
b. income uncertainty that workers face.
c. role of unions in wage setting.
d. amount of frictional unemployment.

4. In a competitive labor market, when the government increases the minimum wage,
the result is a(n)
__________ in the quantity of labor supplied and a(n)
__________ in the quantity of labor demanded.

a. increase, increase
b. increase, decrease
c. decrease, increase
d. decrease, decrease

5. Unionized workers are paid about _____ percent more than similar nonunion
workers.
a. 2
b. 5
c. 15
d. 40

6. According to the theory of efficiency wages,

a. firms may find it profitable to pay above- equilibrium wages.
b. an excess supply of labor puts downward pressure on wages.
c. sectoral shifts are the main source of frictional unemployment.
d. right-to-work laws reduce the bargaining power of unions.

Soal Essay
Soal No 1.
Pada Juni 2009, Biro Statistik Tenaga Kerja negra X mengumumkan bahwa sebanyak
140.196.000 tenaga kerja yang bekerja; sebanyak 14.729.000 menganggur, dan
80.729.000 bukan termasuk Angkatan kerja. Hitunglah:
a. Populasi orang dewasa
b. Angkatan kerja
c. tingkat partisipasi angkatan kerja
d. tingkat pengangguran

Soal No 2.
Jelaskan apakah masing-masing dari peristiwa berikut menambah, mengurangi, atau
tidak berpengaruh pada pengangguran dan tingkat partisipasi tenaga kerja.
a. Setelah pencarian yang panjang, Jon menemukan pekerjaan.
b. Tyrion, seorang mahasiswa penuh waktu, lulus dan segera dipekerjakan.
c. Setelah pencarian kerja yang gagal, Arya menyerah mencari dan pensiun.
d. Daenerys berhenti dari pekerjaannya untuk tinggal di rumah ibu
e. Sansa berulang tahun, menjadi dewasa, tetapi tidak minat bekerja.
f. Jaime berulang tahun, menjadi dewasa, dan mulai mencari pekerjaan.