Exam 7: Measuring Domestic Output and National Income

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Setup Corporation buys $100,000 of sand, rock, and cement to produce ready-mix concrete. It sells 10,000 cubic yards of concrete at $30 a cubic yard. The value added by Setup Corporation is

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The growth of GDP may understate changes in the economy's economic well-being over time if the

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Year Units of Output Price Per Unit 1 20 \ 4 2 25 4 3 30 6 Assume an economy that is producing only one product. Output and price data for a three-year period are shown in the table. If year 2 is chosen as the base year, in years 1 and 3 the price index Values are

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Consumption of Fixed Capital \ 25 Government Purchases 315 US imports 260 Personal Taxes 45 Transfer Payments 247 US Exports 249 Personal Consumption Expenditures 475 Net Foreign Factor Income 5 Gross Private Domestic Investment 300 Taxes on Production and Imports 245 Undistributed Corporate Profits 60 Social Security Contributions 240 Corporate Income Taxes 65 Statistical Discrepancy 40 Refer to the accompanying national income data (in billions of dollars). National income is

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The "statistical discrepancy" that the NIPA includes in the data is to account for the following, except

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Which of the following is included in the expenditures approach to GDP?

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Consumption of Fixed Capital \ 25 Government Purchases 315 US imports 260 Personal Taxes 45 Transfer Payments 247 US Exports 249 Personal Consumption Expenditures 475 Net Foreign Factor Income 5 Gross Private Domestic Investment 300 Taxes on Production and Imports 245 Undistributed Corporate Profits 60 Social Security Contributions 240 Corporate Income Taxes 65 Statistical Discrepancy 40 Refer to the accompanying national income data (in billions of dollars). Net domestic product equals

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Nominal GDP is adjusted for price changes using

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The simplest way to calculate GDP is to sum the total sales of all business firms.

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If real GDP rises and the GDP price index has increased,

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If inflows to the capital stock are greater than outflows, then

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National income is the sum of employee compensation, profits, and the following items, except

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Which of the following transactions would be included in GDP?

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The value of corporate stocks and bonds traded in a given year is

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Real GDP accounts for changes in product quality; nominal GDP does not.

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All expenditures on new construction are included as investment in calculating GDP.

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The following are national income account data for a hypothetical economy in billions of dollars: government purchases ($1,050), personal consumption expenditures ($4,800), imports ($370), Exports ($240), and gross private domestic investment ($1,130). What is GDP for this economy?

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The agency responsible for compiling the National Income and Product Accounts for the U.S. economy is the

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In year 1, Trailblazer Bicycle Company produced a mountain bike that was delivered to a retail outlet in November of that same year. The bicycle was sold to E.Z. Ryder in March of the next year, year 2. This bicycle is counted as

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The following are examples of final goods in national income accounting, except

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