Foundations of Economics (8th Edition)
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To calculate gross national income(GNI) from gross domestic product (GDP),__ must be added and ___ must be subtracted from GDP.
a) primary income payments, primary income reciepts
b)primary income receipts,primary income payments
c)subsidies for local production, tariffs on production from rest of the world
d)taxes from rest of world, subsidies received from rest of world
National income accounting for a certain country in the year for 2020 is given in Table 2. Based
on the table, answer the following questions.
Amount in $
(million)
180
8,120
3,800
1,320
4,230
12,000
10,120
12,100
8,000
3,120
3,240
Items
Net factor income
Consumption expenditure
Public investments
Import
Export
Government expenditure
Wages
Interest, rent and profit
Indirect taxes
Subsidies
Depreciation
a) By using expenditure approach, calculate Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at market price.
b) By using income approach, calculate Gross Domestic Product 9GDP) at market price.
c) Based on your understanding on Gross Domestic Product (GDP), explain why do you think
that GDP Ís important, and what is the limitation of GDP?
The gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States is defined as
the _market value of v all
final goods and services produced
within the United States
in a given period of
time.
Based on this definition, indicate which of the following transactions will be included in (that is, directly increase) the GDP of the United States in
2020.
2020 GDP
Scenario
Included Excluded
Fastlane, a Japanese automobile company, produces a sedan at a plant in Indiana on December 14, 2020. A family buys
the sedan on December 24.
Rotato, a U.S. tire company, produces a set of tires at a plant in Michigan on September 25, 2020. It sells the set of
tires to Speedmaster for use in the production of a two-door coupe that will be made in the United States in 2020.
(Note: Focus exclusively on whether production of the set of tires increases GDP directly, and ignore the effect of
production of the two-door coupe on GDP.)
You chop down a cherry tree on your property in California and make a dining room table in…
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