Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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![**Real vs Nominal GDP**
### 2011
- **Quantity & Price**
1. **Cars**
- Quantity: 50
- Price: $20,000
- Total Value: __________
2. **Computers**
- Quantity: 200
- Price: $3,000
- Total Value: __________
3. **What is 2011's nominal GDP?** __________
### 2012
- **Quantity & Price**
4. **Cars**
- Quantity: 70
- Price: $23,000
- Total Value: __________
5. **Computers**
- Quantity: 250
- Price: $3,500
- Total Value: __________
6. **What is 2012's nominal GDP?** __________
7. **Calculate the rate of growth of nominal GDP.** __________%
8. **Is this rate an accurate reflection of economic growth? Why or why not?**
To see true growth, we need to recalculate nominal GDP into real GDP. To do this, recalculate both GDP for both years using 2012 as your base year.
9. **2011 real GDP (using 2012's prices)**
10. **2012 real GDP (using 2012's prices)**
11. **What is real economic growth for this nation?** __________%
12. **What do you notice about real and nominal GDP in the base year?**](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F726382b8-5f86-427b-9d5a-c58616863ab9%2F7ae178d4-1f59-46ce-bdc5-6ca6bf1b97a2%2Fj41woy8_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:**Real vs Nominal GDP**
### 2011
- **Quantity & Price**
1. **Cars**
- Quantity: 50
- Price: $20,000
- Total Value: __________
2. **Computers**
- Quantity: 200
- Price: $3,000
- Total Value: __________
3. **What is 2011's nominal GDP?** __________
### 2012
- **Quantity & Price**
4. **Cars**
- Quantity: 70
- Price: $23,000
- Total Value: __________
5. **Computers**
- Quantity: 250
- Price: $3,500
- Total Value: __________
6. **What is 2012's nominal GDP?** __________
7. **Calculate the rate of growth of nominal GDP.** __________%
8. **Is this rate an accurate reflection of economic growth? Why or why not?**
To see true growth, we need to recalculate nominal GDP into real GDP. To do this, recalculate both GDP for both years using 2012 as your base year.
9. **2011 real GDP (using 2012's prices)**
10. **2012 real GDP (using 2012's prices)**
11. **What is real economic growth for this nation?** __________%
12. **What do you notice about real and nominal GDP in the base year?**
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