National Income Data (all figures are in billions of dollars) Business retained earnings 240 Corporate profits 276 Personal Consumption Expenditures 1491 Interest Income (Net Interest) 46 Personal Interest Income 46 Total Transfer Payments 274 Dividend Income 36 Depreciation (Capital Consumption Allowance) 234 Gross Capital Investment 378 Changes in Business Inventories 26 Rental Income 28 Imports 248 Federal Government Purchases of Goods & Services 148 State and Local Government Purchases of Goods & Services 286 Personal Income Taxes 514 Exports 261 Indirect Business Taxes (and miscellaneous adjustments) 177   You are required to Calculate Gross Domestic Product (GDP)              Net National Product (NNP)              National Income (NI)  Personal Income (PI)  Personal Disposable Income                Analyse two possible factors that will lead to GDP understating the level of economic welfare. Describe how the Philips curve helps illustrate the relationship between unemployment and inflation.

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  1. The table below shows the National Income data.

National Income Data (all figures are in billions of dollars)

Business retained earnings

240

Corporate profits

276

Personal Consumption Expenditures

1491

Interest Income (Net Interest)

46

Personal Interest Income

46

Total Transfer Payments

274

Dividend Income

36

Depreciation (Capital Consumption Allowance)

234

Gross Capital Investment

378

Changes in Business Inventories

26

Rental Income

28

Imports

248

Federal Government Purchases of Goods & Services

148

State and Local Government Purchases of Goods & Services

286

Personal Income Taxes

514

Exports

261

Indirect Business Taxes (and miscellaneous adjustments)

177

 

You are required to Calculate

  1. Gross Domestic Product (GDP)             
  2. Net National Product (NNP)             
  • National Income (NI) 
  1. Personal Income (PI) 
  2. Personal Disposable Income             

 

  1. Analyse two possible factors that will lead to GDP understating the level of economic welfare.

Describe how the Philips curve helps illustrate the relationship between unemployment and inflation.

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