Exam 4: Measuring GDP and Economic Growth

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Corporate profits Net interest Indirect taxes less subsidies Depreciation Compensation of employees Proprietor's income Rental income Personal consumption expenditure Government expenditure on goods and services Net exports of goods and services \ 200 150 230 250 1,350 150 70 1,400 500 40 -Using the data in the above table,net private domestic investment equals

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Item Net interest Government expenditure on goods and services Compensation of employees Rental income Proprietors' income Indirect taxes minus subsidies Corporate profits Exports of goods and services Imports of goods and services Depreciation Dollars 239 136 1,735 37 128 259 194 249 289 333 -Using the data in the above table,gross domestic product as calculated by the income approach equals ________.

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  -In the above figure,the distance between points S and T represents -In the above figure,the distance between points S and T represents

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  -In the above figure,the distance between points T and U represents -In the above figure,the distance between points T and U represents

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Which of the following are equal to one another? I. aggregate production II. aggregate expenditure III. aggregate income

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In calculating GDP,household production is

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Which of the following items is NOT a component of the income approach to measuring U.S.GDP?

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In the calculation of gross domestic product by the expenditure approach,the "investment" component is

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An increase in exports of goods or services with no change in imports of goods or services

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A recession is commonly defined as occurring when

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  -The figure above shows a time-series graph.The horizontal axis measures ________ and the vertical axis measures ________. -The figure above shows a time-series graph.The horizontal axis measures ________ and the vertical axis measures ________.

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Item Government expenditure on goods and services Compensation ofemployees Gross private domestic investment Rental income Personal consumption expenditures Net interest Net exports of goods and services Indirect business taxes and depreciation Billions of dollars 250 1,675 325 20 1425 40 100 300 -The above table shows some (but not all) national income accounting data for a hypothetical country.According to these data,the value of GDP is ________ billion.

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Canada's economy expanded by...0.1 percent in the second quarter...further evidence that the economy has stalled...following a first quarter slip in gross domestic product. The second quarter figures fell well below forecasts of a 0.7 per cent growth in real GDP. Exports....fell for the fourth consecutive quarter. The accumulating gloom is increasingly discouraging business investment. Consumer spending remains strong and corporate profits were at their highest since 2004. "The sources of strength in the second quarter are clearly unsustainable," said Sal Gautieri, senior economist at BMO capital markets. Canada Avoids Fall into Recession, www.FT.com, by Christopher Mason, August 30, 2008 -According to the article,the best description of Canada's position in the business cycle is

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In the calculation of GDP by the expenditure approach,exports from the United States must be

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Suppose Mail Boxes Etc.buys a new copier for its store for $1000.A year later,when the firm wants to upgrade to a new copier,it finds that the old copier is only worth $750.Over the year the copier was used,________ has occurred.

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Component Amount (billions of dollars) Net taxes 1,635 Personal consumption 5,566 expenditure Depreciation 622 Government expenditure 1,784 Gross investment 1,234 Exports 957 Imports 1,138 Household saving 1,202 -Using the data in the table above,what is the value of GDP?

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Why does real GDP have limitations in determining economic welfare?

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Which of the following is TRUE regarding a trend? I. A cross section graph shows trends. II. A time-series graph shows trends. III. A scatter plot shows trends over time.

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A peak is the

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Aggregate expenditures include all of the following EXCEPT

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