What is metrica''s gnp, For each of the following

What is metrica''s gnp

Assignment Help Microeconomics

Reference no: EM1357906

1. For each of the following transactions, identify whether or not it would be included in GDP:

a. An accountant receives payment for preparing a client's personal income tax return.

b. An owner of a Canada Savings Bond is paid interest on this bond.

c. A business buys a new piece of production equipment.

d. A student is paid for shovelling a neighbour's sidewalk.

e. An unemployed carpenter receives an employment insurance payment.

f. A town council hires a contractor to do paving work on the town's roads.

g. A newspaper publisher buys newsprint to add to its inventories of supplies.

h. An electronic hobbyist sells a used computer to a friend.

i. A fisher receives a government subsidy to help relocate to a larger community.

j. A Canadian business sells medical equipment to a Japanese hospital.

k. A wealth-holder sells 1000 shares issued by a Canadian corporation.

l. A home-owner repairs his own leaking roof.

2. The data in the table apply to a hypothetical country, Metrica, during 2012.

Metrica's National Accounts (2012, In $ billions)

corporate profits	55
exports	68
Wages and salaries	546
Net investment income to the rest of the world	8
Gross investment	157
Government purchases	184
Personal Consumption	490
Interest Income	43
Imports	27
Depreciation	79
Proprietors' incomes and rents	56
Statistical discrepancy	?

a. Use the data to find income-based and expenditure-based estimates ofMetrica's GDP.

b. By how much is Metrica's capital stock expanding or contracting in 2012?

c. What is Metrica's GNP? Is it higher or lower than its GDP?

3. The table below gives data on Student A's monthly purchases during 2011 and 2012. Student A's Monthly Purchases

Prices Quantities Consumed per month

(2011 )(2012)(2011 ) (2012)

Hotdogs $1.50 $1.60 3 2

Cans of cola .75 .70 16 18

Chocolate bars 1.00 1.00 7 7

Magazines 3.50 4.50 3 2

DVD rentals 3.00 2.75 2 3

a. Calculate the value of Student A's 2011 shopping basket using 2011 prices. What are the item weights associated with this shopping basket?

b.Calculate the value of Student A's 2011 shopping basket using 2012 prices. If 2011 is used as the base year, what is the 2012 value of Student A's price index?

4. The table shows output and prices during 2012 in an economy that produces only two goods-sweatshirts and bags of chips.

Finding the GDP Deflator

Output in 2012 Prices in 2012 Prices in 2011

Sweatshirts 4 $22.00 $16.00

Bags of chips 50 1.80 1.50

a. What is the total value of the economy's output in 2012 valued in 2012 prices?

b. What is the total value of the economy's output in 2012 valued in 2011 prices?

c. On the basis of your answers to a and b, calculate the value of the GDP deflator in 2012 if 2011 is treated as the reference year.

Reference no: EM1357906

Questions Cloud

Determine functional dependencies of table : Using your knowledge of Premiere Products, determine the functional dependencies that exist in the following table.

Explain how computations were correct : there was a month were employment and the unemployment rate rose. Suppose the computations were correct, explain how is it possible for both to have increased.

Legislative and judicial branches in health policy : Write the roles of the legislative and judicial branches in health policy and describe the relationship between the two branches in regard to health policy.

Compute the break even point in units : The Hartnett Company manufactures baseball bats with Pudge Rodriguez's autograph stamped on them. Each bat trades for $13 and has a variable expense of $8.

What is metrica''s gnp : For each of the following transactions, identify whether or not it would be included in GDP: What is Metrica's GNP? Is it higher or lower than its GDP?

Issues of depression and suicide prevention : At the end of chapter seven the text raises the issue of "Right to Die." Given the issues of depression and suicide prevention

Partnership income taxation : What is the amount of income from the partnership that Diamond Co. must report for its tax year ending June 30, 2010? What is the amount of income from the partnership that Bill must report for her tax year ending December 31, 2010?

What do you think the future of unionization will be : Working with Unions and Resolving Disputes - Recent decline of union membership, with the recent exception of 2008-2009. What do you think the future of unionization will be?

Financial statement fraud : Is there a difference between financial statement fraud and other types of fraud? How does the definitions differ (if they do)? Should there be a distinction between the two or not?

User Account

All Pages