Exam 7: Measuring Domestic Output and National Income

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A nation's capital stock was valued at $500 billion at the start of the year and $575 billion at the end. Consumption of fixed capital in the year was $35 billion. Assuming stable prices, net Investment was

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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). Gross domestic product is

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Suppose that GDP was $200 billion in year 1 and that all other components of expenditures remained the same in year 2 except that business inventories increased by $10 billion. GDP in year 2 is

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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). Personal income is

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Environmental pollution is accounted for in

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Disinvestment occurs when

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Year Units of Output Price of Bagel per Unit Price Index ( Year 1=100) 1 10 \ 10 100 2 12 20 200 3 15 30 300 4 20 40 400 The table contains data for a hypothetical single-product economy. Real GDP in year 4 is

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The total amount of income earned by U.S. resource suppliers in a year, plus taxes on production and imports, is measured by

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In determining real GDP, economists adjust the nominal GDP by using the

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Government Purchases \ 15 Consumption 90 Gross Investment 20 Consumption of Fixed Capital (depreciation) 5 Exports 8 Imports 12 Refer to the accompanying data (all ?gures in billions of dollars). GDP is

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Suppose that GDP was $200 billion in year 1 and that all other components of expenditures remained the same in year 2 except that business inventories fell by $10 billion. GDP in year 2 is

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Welfare payments to low-income families are included in national income.

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Which of the following is not a component of GDP in the expenditures approach?

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A price index is

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"Net foreign factor income" in the national income accounts refers to the difference between

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Which of the following activities is excluded from GDP, causing GDP to understate a nation's production?

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Suppose that inventories were $40 billion in year 1 and $50 billion in year 2. For year 2, national income accountants would

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The value of U.S. imports is

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When gross private domestic investment exceeds depreciation, it can be concluded that

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If net foreign factor income is zero and there are no statistical discrepancies, the sum of national income and the consumption of fixed capital equals

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