ECON 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Canada Pension Plan, Carlton Cards, Gdp Deflator

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Microeconomics- the study of how households and firms make decisions and how they interact in markets. Macroeconomics- the study of economy wide phenomena, including inflation, unemployment, and economic growth. Gross domestic product (gdp) - the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time. Consumption- spending by households on good and services, with the exception of purchases of new housing. Investment- spending on capital equipment, inventories, and structures, including household purchases of new housing. Government purchases- spending on goods and services by local, territorial, provincial, and federal governments. Net exports- the value of a nations exports minus the value of its imports; also called the trade balance. Nominal gdp- the production of goods and services valued at current prices. Real gdp- the production of goods and services valued at constant prices. Gdp deflator- a measure of the price level calculated as the ratio of nominal gdp to real gdp times 100.

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1. Which of the following transactions would add to the value of the U.S. GDP?

A. A college student buys a used car.
B. A college student sells her used textbooks back to the bookstore.
C. A grocery store purchases new freezers made in the United States.

D. U.S. citizen buys a new television manufactured in Asia.

2. The growth rate of real GDP:
A. depends on which year is used as the base year.
B. depends on how quickly prices are rising.
C. is always equal to the rate of growth of nominal GDP. D. is always more than the rate of growth of nominal GDP.

3. Which statement is true about GDP?
A. GDP includes the values of all final and intermediate goods and services.
B. Only the products made by American workers are included in the calculation of the US GDP.

C. Sales of old houses and used cars are included in the calculation of GDP for the current year.

D. In the US, GDP is calculated both annually and quarterly.

4. Which statement is true about GDP growth?
A. The GDP deflator is a measure of economic growth.
B. If we want to compare GDP over time, we should always compare real GDP.
C. Most economists choose nominal GDP growth as a single indicator of economic performance.

D. The GDP deflator tells the quantity change of production.

5. Which of the following is a way to compute GDP?

A. add up the wages paid to all workers

B. add up the quantities of all final goods and services
C. add up the market value of all final goods and services

D. add up the rents paid by all tenants

6. A farmer produces oranges and sells them to Fresh Juice, which makes orange juice. The oranges produced by the farmer are called:
A. inventory goods
B. transitory goods

C. final goods
D. intermediate goods

7. Martin, a US citizen, travels to Mexico and buys a newly manufactured motorcycle there. His purchase is included in:

A. both Mexican GDP and US GDP.

B. Mexican GDP, but not in US GDP.

C. US GDP, but not in Mexican GDP.

D. neither Mexican GDP nor US GDP.

8. Which of the following is included in Singapore GDP?

A. The value of production by a Singaporean working in the US.
B. The value of production by an American working in Singapore.
C. The value of production by a Singaporean that crosses the order to work in Malaysia.

D. All of the above are correct.

9. In the equation Y = C + I + G + NX,
A. Y represents the economy's total expenditure.

B. C represents household on durable goods.
C. all of the variables are always positive numbers.

D. All of the above are correct.

10. Consumption consists of spending by households on goods and services, except

purchases of intangible services.

purchases of durable goods.

purchases of new houses.

spending on education.

11. Which of the following is included in government purchase?

A. unemployment benefits a state government pays

B. social security payments the US government makes
C. the services of a US government attorney valued at the cost of her salary

D. All of the above are correct.

12. Transfer payments are:

A. included in GDP because they represent income to individuals.
B. included in GDP because they eventually will be spent on consumption.
C. not included in GDP because they are not payments for currently produced goods or services.

D. not included in GDP because taxes will have to be raised to pay for them.

13. Net exports equal
A. exports plus imports

B. exports minus imports

C. imports minus exports

D.GDP minus imports

14. In the economy of TAMIU in 2015, exports were $200, GDP was $2000, government purchases were $200, imports were $270, and investment was $500. What was TAMIU's consumption in 2015?

A. $830

B. $1230

C. $1370

D. $1770

15. Nominal GDP will increase when

A. prices increase and output increases.
B. prices increase and output decreases.
C. prices decrease and output increases.

D. All of the above are correct.

16. Changes in real GDP reflect:

A. only changes in prices.

B. only changes in the amounts being produced.
C. both changes in prices and changes in the amounts being produced.

D. neither changes in prices nor changes in the amounts being produced.

17. Which of the following is correct?
A. Nominal GDP is always less than real GDP.

B. Nominal GDP is always greater than real GDP.
C. Nominal GDP equals real GDP in the base year.
D. Nominal GDP equals real GDP in all years but the base year.

18. The GDP deflator is the ratio of:

A. real GDP to nominal GDP.

B. real GDP to the inflation rate.
C. real GDP to nominal GDP.
D. nominal GDP to the inflation rate.

19. In 2012 the nominal GDP was $18 billion and the GDP deflator was 120, what was real GDP?
A. $6.7 billion
B. $10 billion

C. $40 billion D. $100 billion

20. In the base year, the GDP deflator is always equal to A. -1
B. 0
C. 2

D. 1

21. GDP does not reflect:

A. the value of leisure.

B. the value of goods and services produced at home.

C. the quality of the environment.
D. All of the above are correct.

22. When economists talk about growth in the economy, they measure that growth as the:

A. absolute change in nominal GDP from one period to another.

B. percentage change in nominal GDP from one period to another.

C. absolute change in real GDP from one period to another.
D. percentage change in real GDP from one period to another.

23. The term economists use to describe a situation in which the economyâs overall price level is rising is:

A. economic growth

B. inflation
C. recession
D. business cycles

Use information from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) website, http://www.bea.gov/, answer question 24 and 25.

24. What is the real GDP growth rate in the 4th quarter of 2015 for the United States?

A. 1%
B. 2%
C. 3%

D. 4%

25. What is the value of real GDP in 1998 for the United States?

A. $11525.9 billion

B. $9089.2 billion

C. $11321.2 billion

D. $8889.7 billion

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1. Which of the following groups of countries are all advanced economies?

		Hong Kong, Japan, France, and the United Kingdom
		Italy, the United States, China, and Russia
		Singapore, Russia, France, and Chad
		Australia, Brazil, and the United States

QUESTION 2

1. The most people live in ________ economies and the fewest people live in ________ economies.

		developing; emerging market
		advanced; emerging market
		emerging market; developing
		advanced; developing

QUESTION 3

1. Households and firms in the U.S. economy interact with those in the rest of the world in the ________ market and the ________ market.

		goods; financial
		government; goods
		goods; factor
		financial; factor

QUESTION 4

1. As a factor of production, oil reserves are counted as

		labor.
		capital.
		entrepreneurship.
		land.

QUESTION 5

1. ________ the owners of the factors of production, while ________ what amounts of those factors to hire.

		Households are; the government determines
		Firms are; households that determine
		The government is; firms determine
		Households are; firms that determine

QUESTION 6

1. The emerging market economies are

		the nations that are currently agricultural in nature.
		most of the nations of Western Europe.
		the largest grouping including the nations of China and India.
		in the transition from state-owned production to free markets.

QUESTION 7

1. In the United States, the productive factor that, as a group, receives the largest fraction of the nation's total income was

		consumption of goods and services.
		entrepreneurship.
		capital.
		labor.

QUESTION 8

1. Items bought by individuals to provide personal enjoyment are termed

		personal goods.
		consumption of goods.
		consumption or investment goods.
		standard goods.

QUESTION 9

1. In the advanced economies, ________ of the factories use advanced capital equipment and in the developing economies ________ of the factories use advanced capital equipment

		virtually all; none
		some; some
		virtually all; virtually all
		virtually all; some

QUESTION 10

1. The productive resource that includes all the "gifts of nature" is called

		land.
		labor.
		entrepreneurship.
		capital.

QUESTION 11

1. What would be an example of government good?

		Donald Trump purchases furniture for his office.
		Antonio, the manager of the local Taco Hut, purchases a new deep fryer.
		The local driver's license office purchases a new digital camera and printer.
		Jake buys an iPhone.

QUESTION 12

1. The world population is approximately ________ people.

		2 trillion
		680 million
		6.8 billion
		6.8 million

QUESTION 13

1. Computers and insurance coverage produced in the United States and sold to people in other nations are categorized as

		U.S. exports of goods and services.
		U.S. government goods and services.
		foreign capital goods.
		U.S. consumer goods and services.

QUESTION 14

1. Of the following, the federal government obtains most revenue from

		corporate income taxes.
		excise taxes.
		sales taxes.
		social security taxes.

QUESTION 15

1. Items bought by businesses to help produce other goods and services are called

		capital goods.
		government goods and services.
		consumption of goods and services.
		exports of goods and services.

QUESTION 16

1. The majority of the income earned in the United States is paid in

		profit.
		interest.
		rent.
		wages.

QUESTION 17

1. Dan missed class the day the professor covered the circular flow model. Dan asked his friend Joan to explain markets to him. Joan correctly stated that a market

		must include a written contract between buyers and sellers.
		requires a physical location for buyers and sellers to get together.
		is only a place to purchase groceries.
		is an arrangement that brings buyers and sellers together.

QUESTION 18

1. The United States possesses a large amount of human capital. As a result of this fact, in the United States, there is a

		highly skilled and educated labor force.
		a large number of kind and generous humans.
		a large number of people and a great deal of land.
		a large amount of machinery and equipment.

QUESTION 19

1. Which of the following correctly lists the categories of factors of production?

		labor, machines, buildings, capital, and entrepreneurship
		land, buildings, capital, and entrepreneurship
		land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship
		forests, fish, buildings, capital, and entrepreneurship

QUESTION 20

1. Which of the following correctly lists the categories of factors of production?

		capital, money, and labor
		hardware, software, land, and money
		land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship
		machines, buildings, land, and money

QUESTION 21

1. In the United States, the poorest 20 percent of households receive roughly ________ percent of total income.

		10
		3
		15
		20

QUESTION 22

1. What would be an example of a consumption service?

		Jake buys an iPhone.
		The local driver's license office purchases a new digital camera and printer.
		Antonio, the manager of the local Taco Hut, purchases a new deep fryer.
		Rhianna gets a haircut.

QUESTION 23

1. The total value of capital in the United States is around

		$47 trillion.
		$10 trillion.
		$100 trillion.
		$79 trillion.

QUESTION 24

1. An export good is a good produced

		by foreigners in the United States and purchased by U.S. households.
		in another country and purchased by U.S. residents.
		in the United States and sold to foreigners living in the United States.
		in the United States and sold in other countries.

QUESTION 25

1. ________ paid for the use of land; ________ paid for the services of labor; and ________ paid for the use of capital.

		Interest is; wages are; profit is
		Rent is; wages are; interest is
		Rent is; interest is; wages are
		Mortgages are; interest is; wages are

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1. Which of the following groups of countries are all advanced economies?

		Hong Kong, Japan, France, and the United Kingdom
		Italy, the United States, China, and Russia
		Singapore, Russia, France, and Chad
		Australia, Brazil, and the United States

QUESTION 2

1. The most people live in ________ economies and the fewest people live in ________ economies.

		developing; emerging market
		advanced; emerging market
		emerging market; developing
		advanced; developing

QUESTION 3

1. Households and firms in the U.S. economy interact with those in the rest of the world in the ________ market and the ________ market.

		goods; financial
		government; goods
		goods; factor
		financial; factor

QUESTION 4

1. As a factor of production, oil reserves are counted as

		labor.
		capital.
		entrepreneurship.
		land.

QUESTION 5

1. ________ the owners of the factors of production, while ________ what amounts of those factors to hire.

		Households are; the government determines
		Firms are; households determine
		The government is; firms determine
		Households are; firms determine

QUESTION 6

1. The emerging market economies are

		the nations that are currently agricultural in nature.
		most of the nations of Western Europe.
		the largest grouping including the nations of China and India.
		in the transition from state-owned production to free markets.

QUESTION 7

1. In the United States, the productive factor that, as a group, receives the largest fraction of the nation's total income was

		consumption of goods and services.
		entrepreneurship.
		capital.
		labor.

QUESTION 8

1. Items bought by individuals to provide personal enjoyment are termed

		personal goods.
		consumption of goods.
		consumption or investment goods.
		standard goods.

QUESTION 9

1. In the advanced economies, ________ of the factories use advanced capital equipment and in the developing economies ________ of the factories use advanced capital equipment

		virtually all; none
		some; some
		virtually all; virtually all
		virtually all; some

QUESTION 10

1. The productive resource that includes all the "gifts of nature" is called

		land.
		labor.
		entrepreneurship.
		capital.

QUESTION 11

1. What would be an example of government good?

		Donald Trump purchases furniture for his office.
		Antonio, the manager of the local Taco Hut, purchases a new deep fryer.
		The local driver's license office purchases a new digital camera and printer.
		Jake buys an iPhone.

QUESTION 12

1. The world population is approximately ________ people.

		2 trillion
		680 million
		6.8 billion
		6.8 million

QUESTION 13

1. Computers and insurance coverage produced in the United States and sold to people in other nations are categorized as

		U.S. exports of goods and services.
		U.S. government goods and services.
		foreign capital goods.
		U.S. consumer goods and services.

QUESTION 14

1. Of the following, the federal government obtains most revenue from

		corporate income taxes.
		excise taxes.
		sales taxes.
		social security taxes.

QUESTION 15

1. Items bought by businesses to help produce other goods and services are called

		capital goods.
		government goods and services.
		consumption of goods and services.
		exports of goods and services.

QUESTION 16

1. The majority of the income earned in the United States is paid in

		profit.
		interest.
		rent.
		wages.

QUESTION 17

1. Dan missed class the day the professor covered the circular flow model. Dan asked his friend Joan to explain markets to him. Joan correctly stated that a market

		must include a written contract between buyers and sellers.
		requires a physical location for buyers and sellers to get together.
		is only a place to purchase groceries.
		is an arrangement that brings buyers and sellers together.

QUESTION 18

1. The United States possesses a large amount of human capital. As a result of this fact, in the United States, there is a

		highly skilled and educated labor force.
		a large number of kind and generous humans.
		a large number of people and a great deal of land.
		a large amount of machinery and equipment.

QUESTION 19

1. Which of the following correctly lists the categories of factors of production?

		labor, machines, buildings, capital, and entrepreneurship
		land, buildings, capital, and entrepreneurship
		land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship
		forests, fish, buildings, capital, and entrepreneurship

QUESTION 20

1. Which of the following correctly lists the categories of factors of production?

		capital, money, and labor
		hardware, software, land, and money
		land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship
		machines, buildings, land, and money

QUESTION 21

1. In the United States, the poorest 20 percent of households receive roughly ________ percent of total income.

		10
		3
		15
		20

QUESTION 22

1. What would be an example of a consumption service?

		Jake buys an iPhone.
		The local driver's license office purchases a new digital camera and printer.
		Antonio, the manager of the local Taco Hut, purchases a new deep fryer.
		Rhianna gets a haircut.

QUESTION 23

1. The total value of capital in the United States is around

		$47 trillion.
		$10 trillion.
		$100 trillion.
		$79 trillion.

QUESTION 24

1. An export good is a good produced

		by foreigners in the United States and purchased by U.S. households.
		in another country and purchased by U.S. residents.
		in the United States and sold to foreigners living in the United States.
		in the United States and sold in other countries.

QUESTION 25

1. ________ paid for the use of land; ________ paid for the services of labor; and ________ paid for the use of capital.

		Interest is; wages are; profit is
		Rent is; wages are; interest is
		Rent is; interest is; wages are
		Mortgages are; interest is; wages are

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