2. The table below includes information about real GDP (measured in billions of 1987 dollars) for Wonderland in 1993 and 1994. TH Consumption (C) 1993 3459 1994 3579 Fixed Investment (I) 805 i 903 Nonresidential 592 672 Residential 213- 231 Government spending (G) 930 923 Exports (X) 603 655 Imports (Q) 676 769 Inventory Investment (Is) 15 52 nee (a) Calculate the levels of real GDP for 1993 and 1994. Then calculate the rate of GDP growth between 1993 and 1994. (b) Based on your calculations, briefly explain what happened to economic activity between 1993 and 1994. (c) Calculate the rate of growth/decline in each of the components of GDP between 1993 and 1994. Which of the components of GDP grew the fastest and slowest between those two years? (d) Based on the information in these two tables, what happened, if anything, to the size of the trade deficit between these two years? If the deficit did change, did it occur primarily because of changes in exports or imports?
2. The table below includes information about real GDP (measured in billions of 1987 dollars) for Wonderland in 1993 and 1994. TH Consumption (C) 1993 3459 1994 3579 Fixed Investment (I) 805 i 903 Nonresidential 592 672 Residential 213- 231 Government spending (G) 930 923 Exports (X) 603 655 Imports (Q) 676 769 Inventory Investment (Is) 15 52 nee (a) Calculate the levels of real GDP for 1993 and 1994. Then calculate the rate of GDP growth between 1993 and 1994. (b) Based on your calculations, briefly explain what happened to economic activity between 1993 and 1994. (c) Calculate the rate of growth/decline in each of the components of GDP between 1993 and 1994. Which of the components of GDP grew the fastest and slowest between those two years? (d) Based on the information in these two tables, what happened, if anything, to the size of the trade deficit between these two years? If the deficit did change, did it occur primarily because of changes in exports or imports?
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