Given the information in the table below, what is country A's real aggregate product in B$ at constant purchasing power of year 2 for years 1, 2, and 3 respectively? Remember: step 1, make sure that the general price index has the correct base year; step 2, transform the nominal aggregate product in A$ into the real aggregate product in A$ using the correct general price index; and step 3, transform the real aggregate product in A$ into the real aggregate product in B$ using the correct exchange rate (and pay attention that exchanges rates are B$/A$, so you may need to use division or multiplication).

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Given the information in the table below, what is country A's real aggregate product in B$ at constant purchasing power of year 2 for years 1, 2, and 3 respectively? Remember: step 1, make sure that the general price index has the correct base year; step 2, transform the nominal aggregate product in A$ into the real aggregate product in A$ using the correct general price index; and step 3, transform the real aggregate product in A$ into the real aggregate product in B$ using the correct exchange rate (and pay attention that exchanges rates are B$/A$, so you may need to use division or multiplication).

 

 

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Country A’s nominal aggregate product in the local currency A$.

A$1000

A$1500

A$1800

Country A’s general price index.

1.000

1.250

1.200

Country B’s nominal aggregate product in the local currency B$.

B$2160

B$2592

B$3888

Country B’s general price index.

0.500

0.625

1.000

Market exchange rate (B$/A$).

1.00

1.20

1.35

PPP exchange rate (B$/A$).

1.50

1.80

2.00

 

 

a.

B$1500, B$1800 and B$2250.

b.

B$2250, B$2700 and B$3375.

c.

B$1875, B$2700 and B$3750.

d.

None of the alternatives is correct.

e.

B$694, B$833 and B$1042.  

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