Exam 4: Measuring GDP and Economic Growth

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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 above table,what is the value of national saving?

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Item Billions of dollars Personal consumption expenditure 100 Gross private domestic investment 10 Government expenditure on goods and services 50 Exports of goods and services 30 Imports of goods and services 30 Net taxes 50 -If consumption expenditures are $500 million,net investment is $100 million,depreciation equals $5 million,imports are $50 million,exports are $55 million,government expenditure on goods and services is $220 million,and government transfer payments are $20 million,then GDP is

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The income approach to measuring GDP

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While studying with your friend,your friend states,"Our leisure time increases GDP but lowers our economic welfare because it reduces the amount of goods and services we can consume." Is your friend's statement correct?

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Government purchases of goods and \ 240 services Depreciation 240 Gross private domestic investment 400 Personal income taxes 140 Net taxes 120 Net exports of goods and services 80 Personal consumption expenditures 640 Net interest 100 -From the data in the above table,GDP equals

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A business cycle is

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Total output and total income in the circular flow model

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________ refers to a period when the ________ decreases.

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The chain-weighted output index method ________.

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Gross investment is equal to

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The four parts of the business cycle occur in the following order:

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A time-series graph reveals whether there is a ________ which represents ________.

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Explain how gross investment,depreciation,net investment,and the capital stock are related.

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According to the circular flow diagram,the dollar value of a nation's output is equal to

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Explain the relationship between real GDP and potential GDP during the two phases of the business cycle.

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4 News Based Questions "As the credit crisis unfolded over the past year, one of the few certainties in the global economy seemed to be China's ability to plough on regardless of double-digit growth rates...The ...crisis has also focused ...on the need to update a growth model that...is still dependent on assembling goods for export without adding much value and on heavy industries that create pollution. Chinese companies have continued to find new foreign markets for their products...several other factors point to a slowing property market...production of steel, cement and air conditioners was down... Retail sales have risen by 23 per cent in each of the last two months". Beijing's Burden, www.FT.com, by Geoff Dyer, Sept. 23, 2008 -According to the article,________ is expected to increase and add to China's ________ component of GDP.

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A new 2012 Honda Civic produced in 2012 and purchased in 2013 is

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The sum of compensation to employees,rental income,corporate profits,net interest,and proprietors' income is

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Explain the relationship among the capital stock,gross investment,net investment,and depreciation.

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Which of the following is correct about a time-series graph? I. The x-axis measures time. II. A time-series graph can reveal if there is a trend in the variable.

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