Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions
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![The country of Newworld produces cheese and bread, and it has published the
following macroeconomic data, where prices are dollars per unit:
2017
2018
Product Quantity Price Quantity Price
Cheese
1500
$3
2000
$9
Bread
3000
$1
7000
$2
Between 2017 and 2018, the percent rate of increase in the price level as measured
by a fixed-weight index that uses production in 2018 as the fixed basket of goods
was
A) 146%
B) 160%
C) 242%
D) 327%
If national saving in an economy is equal to $10 billion, exports are $2 billion,
imports are $3 billion, and net factor payments from abroad is $2 billion, total
investment will be
A) $5 billion.
B) $9 billion.
C) $10 billion.
D) $11 billion.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fe0e777ab-c514-4163-8f7b-2f1ace01003d%2Fa0185b7d-ec40-43e5-85d0-6fb756dda7a9%2Fyan4w5_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:The country of Newworld produces cheese and bread, and it has published the
following macroeconomic data, where prices are dollars per unit:
2017
2018
Product Quantity Price Quantity Price
Cheese
1500
$3
2000
$9
Bread
3000
$1
7000
$2
Between 2017 and 2018, the percent rate of increase in the price level as measured
by a fixed-weight index that uses production in 2018 as the fixed basket of goods
was
A) 146%
B) 160%
C) 242%
D) 327%
If national saving in an economy is equal to $10 billion, exports are $2 billion,
imports are $3 billion, and net factor payments from abroad is $2 billion, total
investment will be
A) $5 billion.
B) $9 billion.
C) $10 billion.
D) $11 billion.
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