Homework #1 Spring 2024

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Name (Print)_________________________ Homework Assignment #1 EC 202 Spring 2024 (Chapter 15) Due Date: January 26, 2023 Note: For Full Credit You Must Show Your Work Part I: Nominal GDP 2.0 points total (1.0 point for each question or problem) To answer Questions #1 and #2 use the following information, concerning the nominal GDP (in trillions of dollars) for the nation state of Craigland in 2018: Consumption = $7.4; Investment = $2.6; Exports = $2.4; Imports = $1.1; and Government purchases $2.0; Interest Income = $2.0; Corporate Profit and Proprietors Income = $2.2; Rental Income = $1.0; and Certain taxes, depreciation, and statistical discrepancy = $2.4. From this information it follows that nominal GDP in 2018 was: 1. Nominal GDP was __________ Furthermore, from this information it follows that the nominal value of Wages and Salaries in Craigland in 2018 were: 2. Wages and Salaries were __________ Part II: Real GDP 2.0 points total (1.0 point for each question or problem) To answer Questions #3 and #4 use the following information, concerning the prices and output of final goods and services in Sophialand for 2000 (the base year) and 2015: There are 2 final goods produced in the economy food and clothing. Suppose the economy produces 8 units of food and 4 units of clothing in 2000 (the base year), and 10 units of food and 10 units of clothing in 2015. Further suppose the price of food was $2.00 per unit in 2000, and $3.00 per unit in 2015; whereas the price of clothing was $2.00 in 2000 and $2.00 in year 2015. From this information it follows that the real GDP in 2000 was; and the real GDP in 2015 was: 3. Real GDP in 2000 was __________ and 4. Real GDP in 2015 was __________
Part III: The GDP Deflator 1.0 point total (0.5 points for each question or problem) Refer back to the information about Sophialand s economy in part II, above. From the information reported above, it follows that the GDP deflator for 2015 was: 5. The GDP deflator in 2015 was __________ and 6. Between 2000 and 2015, Sophialand experienced (choose one, and mark with an X): Deflation _____ Inflation _____ GRADING Part I Points Earned Points Available Question 1 1.0 Question 2 1.0 Total 2.0 Part II Points Earned Points Available Question 3 1.0 Question 4 1.0 Total 2.0 Part III Points Earned Points Available Question 5 0.5 Question 6 0.5 Total 1.0 Total Score Points Earned Points Available Part I 2.0 Part II 2.0 Part II 1.0 Total Score 5.0
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