Foundations of Economics (8th Edition)
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Author: Robin Bade, Michael Parkin
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The base year is 2011.
A. Refer to the table, in 2010, this country nominal GDP was?
B. Refer to the table, in 2011, this country real GDP was?
C. Refer to the table, in 2013, the country’s GDP deflator was?
Suppose an economy produces two goods: Apple and Banana. Calculate Nominal GDP and Real GDP by
taking 2015 as a base year.
Prices and Quantities
Quantity of
Apple
Price of Apple
Quantity of
Banana
Year
Price of Banana
2015
$2
100
$3
50
2016
$3
150
$4
100
2017
$4
200
$5
150
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Country produces 100 pizza at price $8, 20 tomatoes at price $2 and 45 meat at price $6. One fourth of tomatoes and one third of meat is used in production of pizza.
Question: Calculate GDP of this country.
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Foundations of Economics (8th Edition)
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