Given the following nominal data, compute GDP. Assume net factor incomes from abroad = 0 (that is, GDP = GNP). Nominal Data for GDP and NNP $ Billions Consumption 2,799.8   Depreciation 481.6 Exports 376.2 Gross private domestic investment 671.0 Indirect taxes 331.4 Government purchases 869.7 Government transfer payments 947.8 Imports 481.7

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  1. Given the following nominal data, compute GDP. Assume net factor incomes from abroad = 0 (that is, GDP = GNP).

Nominal Data for GDP and NNP

$ Billions

Consumption

2,799.8  

Depreciation

481.6

Exports

376.2

Gross private domestic investment

671.0

Indirect taxes

331.4

Government purchases

869.7

Government transfer payments

947.8

Imports

481.7

  1. Find data for each of the following countries on real GDP and population. Use the data to calculate the GDP per capita for each of the following countries:
    1. Mozambique
    2. India
    3. Pakistan
    4. United States
    5. Canada
    6. Russia
    7. Brazil
    8. Iran
    9. Colombia
  2. Now construct a bar graph showing your results in the previous problem, organizing the countries from the highest to the lowest GNP per capita, with countries on the horizontal axis and GNP per capita on the vertical axis.
  3. Suppose Country A has a GDP of $4 trillion. Residents of this country earn $500 million from assets they own in foreign countries. Residents of foreign countries earn $300 million from assets they own in Country A. Compute:
    1. Country A’s net foreign income.
    2. Country A’s GNP.
  4. Suppose a country’s GDP equals $500 billion for a particular year. Economists in the country estimate that household production equals 40% of GDP.
    1. What is the value of the country’s household production for that year?
    2. Counting both GDP and household production, what is the country’s total output for the year?
  5. A miner extracts iron from the earth. A steel mill converts the iron to steel beams for use in construction. A construction company uses the steel beams to make a building. Assume that the total product of these firms represents the only components of the building and that they will have no other uses. Complete the following table:

Company

Product

Total Sales

Value Added

Acme Mining

iron ore

$100,000

?

Fuller Mill

steel beams

$175,000

?

Crane Construction

building

$1,100,000   

?

Total Value Added

   

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  1. You are given the data below for 2008 for the imaginary country of Amagre, whose currency is the G.

Consumption

350 billion G

Transfer payments

100 billion G

Investment

100 billion G

Government purchases

200 billion G

Exports

50 billion G

Imports

150 billion G

Bond purchases

200 billion G

Earnings on foreign investments

75 billion G

Foreign earnings on Amagre investment

25   billion G

  1. Compute net foreign investment.
  2. Compute net exports.
  3. Compute GDP.
  4. Compute GNP.

 

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