Exam 5: Measuring a Nations Income

Disposable personal income is the income that households and noncorporate businesses have left after satisfying all their obligations to the government.

Which of the following items is included in U.S. GDP?

A tire manufacturer produces 400 tires valued at $20 each. Three hundred tires are sold to a tire shop, which then sells them to households for $50 each. The remaining tires are unsold and are added to the tire manufacturer's inventory. How much is added to GDP?

One bag of flour is sold for $1.00 to a bakery, which uses the flour to bake bread that is sold for $3.00 to consumers. A second bag of flour is sold for $1 to a grocery store who sells it to a consumer for $2.00. Taking these four transactions into account, what is the effect on GDP?

Suppose an apartment complex converts to a condominium, so that the former renters are now owners of their housing units. Suppose further that a current estimate of the value of the condominium owners' housing services is the same as the rent they previously paid. What happens to GDP as a result of this conversion?

Last year country A had a nominal GDP of $600 billion, a GDP deflator of 150 and a population of 40 million. Country B had a nominal GDP of $720 billion, a GDP deflator of 120 and a population of 50 million. From these numbers which country is likely to have had the higher standard of living?

Which of the following is included in Singapore's GDP?

Transfer payments are

Tom and Lilly rented a house for $12,000 last year. At the start of the year they bought the house they had been renting directly from the owner for $250,000. They believe they could rent it for $12,000 this year, but stay in the house. How much does Tom and Lilly's decision to buy the house change GDP?

The government purchases component of GDP includes salaries paid to soldiers but not Social Security benefits paid to the elderly.

Gasoline is considered a final good if it is sold by a

Consider the following three items of spending by the government: i) the federal government pays a $500 unemployment benefit to an unemployed person; ii) the federal government makes a $2,000 salary payment to a Navy lieutenant; iii) the city of Bozeman, Montana makes a $10,000 payment to ABC Lighting Company for street lights in Bozeman. Which of these payments contributes directly to government purchases in the national income accounts?

Quality Motors is a Japanese-owned company that produces automobiles; all of its automobiles are produced in American plants. In 2008, Quality Motors produced $25 million worth of automobiles and sold $12 million in the U.S. and $13 million in Mexico. In addition, it sold $2 million from the previous year's inventory in the U.S. The transactions just described contribute how much to U.S. GDP for 2008?

The Carters' oldest son attends Big State University. He and his parents pay all his fees and tuition. These payments count in GDP as

GDP is defined as the

Expenditures by households on education are included in the consumption component of GDP.

Thomas, a U.S. citizen, works only in Canada. The value of the output he produces is

Which of the following is not included in U.S. GDP?

James owns two houses. He rents one house to the Johnson family for $10,000 per year. He lives in the other house. If he were to rent the house in which he lives, he could earn $12,000 per year in rent. How much do the housing services provided by the two houses contribute to GDP?

Table 23-11 The country of Batavia produces only chocolates and watches. Below is a table with recent information on Batavia production and prices. The base year is 2009. Prices and Quantities -Refer to Table 23-11. What was nominal GDP, real GDP, and the GDP deflator for 2011? Show your work.