Consider the following data for a hypothetical economy that produces two goods, milk and honey. Quantity Produced milk (litres) Year 1 105 Year 2 125 Prices honey (kg) milk ($/litre) honey ($/kg) 40 4 5 18 3 4 a. Compute nominal GDP for each year in this economy. Nominal GDP in year 1: $ Nominal GDP in year 2: $ (Round your response to the nearest whole number.) (Round your response to the nearest whole number.) The percentage change in nominal GDP from year 1 to year 2 is ☐ (Round your response to two decimal places. Use the minus sign to enter negative numbers.) b. Using year 1 as the base year, compute real GDP for each year using the traditional approach. Real GDP in year 1 year 1 prices Real GDP in year 2 year 1 prices (Round your response to the nearest whole number.) (Round your response to the nearest whole number.)

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Consider the following data for a hypothetical economy that produces two goods, milk and honey.
Quantity Produced
milk (litres)
Year 1
105
Year 2
125
Prices
honey (kg)
milk ($/litre)
honey ($/kg)
40
4
5
18
3
4
a. Compute nominal GDP for each year in this economy.
Nominal GDP in year 1: $
Nominal GDP in year 2: $
(Round your response to the nearest whole number.)
(Round your response to the nearest whole number.)
The percentage change in nominal GDP from year 1 to year 2 is ☐ (Round your response to two decimal places.
Use the minus sign to enter negative numbers.)
b. Using year 1 as the base year, compute real GDP for each year using the traditional approach.
Real GDP in year 1 year 1 prices
Real GDP in year 2 year 1 prices
(Round your response to the nearest whole number.)
(Round your response to the nearest whole number.)
Transcribed Image Text:Consider the following data for a hypothetical economy that produces two goods, milk and honey. Quantity Produced milk (litres) Year 1 105 Year 2 125 Prices honey (kg) milk ($/litre) honey ($/kg) 40 4 5 18 3 4 a. Compute nominal GDP for each year in this economy. Nominal GDP in year 1: $ Nominal GDP in year 2: $ (Round your response to the nearest whole number.) (Round your response to the nearest whole number.) The percentage change in nominal GDP from year 1 to year 2 is ☐ (Round your response to two decimal places. Use the minus sign to enter negative numbers.) b. Using year 1 as the base year, compute real GDP for each year using the traditional approach. Real GDP in year 1 year 1 prices Real GDP in year 2 year 1 prices (Round your response to the nearest whole number.) (Round your response to the nearest whole number.)
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