EC140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Real Gross Domestic Product, Gross Domestic Product, Nominal Interest Rate

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Expenditure on output produced this year (or month or quarter) Nominal gross domestic product- value of current output calculated at current prices. Real gross domestic product- value of current output calculated at base year prices. Outcome variables relating to the business cycle. Interest rates (real interest rate vs. nominal interest rate) Exchange rates (price of foreign currency in canadian dollars) Value added method avoids double counting of intermediate goods. By definition = expenditure = production = income. Payment to factors (wages, salaries, interest, business profits) Indirect taxes paid to government net of subsidies paid by government. Defines total planned spending in the economy at any level of income. Ae =c + i + g + (x-im) C = a + b *yd = a+ b (1-t)y. Ae = a + i0 + g0 +x0 + (b(1-t)-m)y. Exports foreign income, relative prices/ exchange rate. If desired aggregate expenditure is less than production, firms decrease production and income decreases.

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1. The multiplier helps explain

A. why a decrease in taxes causes real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to fall by more than the amount of the decrease in taxes.

B. why a fall in investment cause real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to rise by more than the amount of the decrease in investment.

C. why a rise in government expenditures causes real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to rise by more than the amount of the increase in government spending.

D. why an increase in disposable income causes real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to rise by less than the amount of the increase in disposable income.

2. If the marginal propensity to save (MPS) increases, the multiplier

A. decreases.

B. can either increase or decrease, depending on what happens to the marginal propensity to consume (MPC).

C. stays the same.

D. increases.

QUESTION 60

The investment function will shift when there is a change in

		A. the opportunity cost of retained earnings.
		B. firms' profit expectations.
		C. the cost of borrowing.
		D. the interest rate.

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QUESTION 61

In the Keynesian model, whenever planned saving exceeds planned investment,

		A. there will be unplanned inventory accumulation.
		B. real GDP will not be influenced.
		C. the interest rate will remain unchanged.
		D. there will be unplanned inventory depletion.

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QUESTION 62

In the Keynesian model, whenever planned saving is less than planned investment,

		A. there will be unplanned inventory depletion.
		B. the interest rate will remain unchanged.
		C. there will be unplanned inventory accumulation.
		D. real GDP will not be influenced.

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QUESTION 63

Government purchases

		A. are determined by the political process.
		B. are determined by the public.
		C. are influenced by interest rates.
		D. are determined by suppliers.

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QUESTION 64

If, at some level of output, total planned real expenditures are less than real Gross Domestic Product (GDP),

		A. real GDP will either fall or remain unchanged, depending on the MPC.
		B. real GDP will rise.
		C. real GDP remains unchanged.
		D. unplanned inventories will increase and real GDP will fall.

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QUESTION 65

When the economy is operating at the equilibrium level of GDP, we know that

		A. total planned real expenditures equal real GDP.
		B. real net exports equal inventory changes.
		C. planned real investment spending equals real net exports of zero.
		D. total planned real consumption expenditures equal real GDP.

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QUESTION 66

One divided by the marginal propensity to save (MPS) is the formula for

		A. the inverse of the multiplier.
		B. the multiplier.
		C. one minus the multiplier.
		D. autonomous consumption.

QUESTION 67

Thinking like an economist would, which is true of investment?

		A. Investment represents spending on capital goods.
		B. Investment is a stock concept.
		C. Investment is putting money into stocks and bonds.
		D. It is the portion of disposable income that is not used for consumption or saving.

QUESTION 68

Other things being equal, if input prices rise in a country, then there would be

		A. cost-push inflation.
		B. demand-pull inflation.
		C. cost-pull deflation.
		D. more production and a lower price level.

QUESTION 69

In the short run, if the price level rises, then the overall economy can temporarily produce beyond its nominal capacity. One reason for this is that

		A. existing capital equipment can be used more intensively.
		B. wage rates rise almost simultaneously with the price level.
		C. the unemployment rate usually rises dramatically along with the price level.
		D. workers can be switched from counted to uncounted production.

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1. What component of GDP (if any) will each of the following transactions affect? Explain.
a) A family buys a new refrigerator.
b) Aunty Jane buys a new house.
c) Kina Pharma sells drugs from its inventory.
d) Emmanuel buys a pizza.
e) The government builds a new Motorway from Accrato Kumasi
f) You buy a bottle of California wine.
g) Samsung build an assembly plant in Ghana.

2. Consider an economy that produces only four types of fruit: apples, oranges, pineapples, and bananas. In the base year (2017), the production and price data were as follows:

Fruit	Quantity	Price
Apple	3,000	$2
Banana	6,000	$3
Pineapple	4,000	$1.5
Oranges	8,000	$4

In the current year (2020), the production and price data are as follows:

Fruit	Quantity	Price
Apples	4,000	$3
Banana	14,000	$2
Pineapple	7,500	$2
Orange	32,000	$5

(a) Calculate the nominal GDP in the current year and in the base year. What is the percentage increase since the base year?
(b) Calculate the real GDP in the current year and in the base year. By what percentage does real GDP increase from the base year to the current year?
(c) Find the GDP deflator for the current year and the base year. By what percentage does the price level change from the base year to the current year?
(d) Would you say that the percentage increase in nominal GDP in this economy since the base year is due more to increases in prices or increases in the physical volume of output?

3. The following information is obtained from the World Bank’s World Development Indicators on the Economy of Ghana for the year 2015:
i) GDP per capita (constant 2000 US$) - $1696.08
ii) GDP per capita (current US$) - $1381.41
ii) GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2005 International $) - $3953.21

a) What factors could account for the difference between the figures in i) and ii)

b) What factors could account for the difference between the figures in i) and iii)?

c) What factors could account for difference between the figures in ii) and iii)?

4. The following relationships hold in the economy of Matata Island:
𝐶 = 320 + 0.4(𝑌 − 𝑇)

𝐼 = 150
𝐺 = 275
𝑇 = 200
a) Explain the concepts of marginal propensity to consume (MPC) and marginal propensity to save (MPS).

b) What is the MPC for this economy?
c) Explain the concepts of the autonomous spending and tax multipliers.
d) What is the autonomous spending multiplier for this economy?
e) What is the equilibrium level of income for this economy?
f) Suppose that the full employment level of output for this economy is 4000. What sort of output gap is Matata island facing?
g) What kind of policy can the government use to close this kind of gap? Explain with the aid of a diagram.

5. a) For the purposes of assessing an economy's growth performance, which is the more important statistic: real GDP or nominal GDP? Why?
b) Why are goods and services counted in GDP at market value? Explain.
c) What is the difference between intermediate good and final good? Why is the distinction important for measuring GDP?

magentadinosaur688

1.
What is an accounting identity?
A. It is a statement that by definition must be true
B. It is an equality that must be true regardless of the value of its variables.
C. It is a technique accountants employ in the preparation of income statements.
D. All of the above.
E. A and B only.

The account identity that is used to estimate the gross domestic product of a country is given by
A. Income = Production - Comsumption
B. Consumption = Income - Saving
C. Production = Expenditrue = Consumption
D. Production = Expenditure = income

2.
What important factors do GDP estimates leave out? (check all that apply)
A. Leisure
B. The value of intermediate goods.
C. Home production.
D. The production of illegal professions.
E. Capital depreciation.

3.
Which of the following news stroies (all published in early 2014) would typically be studied in macroeconomics? (Select all that apply)
A. "5 Reasons Why Apple is Looking Like the Next Sony"
B. "Expectations High for March Employment"
C. "We Believe Inflation Should Rule Monetary Policy."
D. "Which College-and Which Major-Will Make You Richest"
E. "What If Economic Growth Is No Longer Possible?"

4.
Why is it essential to differentiate between real and nominal growth rates of GDP?
A. The nominal growth rate is more informative than the real growth rate since it is broader in the sense that it captures both price and output changes.
B. The nominal growth rate combines the effect of price changes along with changes in the production of goods and services and thus gives a less clear indication of the impact on living standards
C. It is the real growth rate that is meaningful since it indicates the change in the production of goods and services, a very significant source of improved living standards.
D. All of the above.
E. B and C only.

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