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1. What are the three key macroeconomic variables?
 
2. What are the three macroeconomic objectives?
 
3. Define GDP? What it omits to avoid multiple counting? What does it fail to capture?
 
4. What are the three approaches to the measurement of GDP?
 
5. Differentiate between Real and nominal GDP.
 
6. What are CPI, PPI, GDP deflator?
 
7. What are the methods to measure the rate of inflation?
 
8. What is the application of the rate of inflation?
 
9. What are the weaknesses of CPI as a measure of the change in the cost of living over time?
 
10. Explain Purchasing power parity adjustment.
 
11. What is economic growth?
 
12. Define Rule of 70.
 
13. Labor Force: Define it. Who is included and who is excluded from the labor force?
 
14. What is the difference between the unemployment rate and labor force participation rate?
 
15. What are the different types of unemployment?
 
16. What is a natural unemployment rate?
 
17. What are the factors that cause natural unemployment?

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There are probably a thousand macroeconomic indicators, some measure the overall national economy, but some are more limited in scope. The three most often quoted and publicized are the Gross Domestic Production Index (GDP), the Consumer Price Inflation Index (CPI), and the Unemployment Index. Please complete the short answer questions regarding these three indicators:

A. Use the table below:

Table 6-1

 

Value (in billions)

Personal consumption expenditures

$1,000

Gross private domestic investment

$500

Net exports

$300

Imports

$180

Government purchases of goods and services

$280

Transfer Payments

$90

a. What is the value of GDP?

b. In each of the following cases indicate if GDP is affected,+ under what category, and what happens to GDP. Be sure to explain why or why it is not included.

  • You buy a used textbook from one of your classmates.
  • You buy a new umbrella.
  • Ella, a French tourist, has a haircut in a salon in San Francisco.
  • Oklahoma cleans up after a devastating tornado.
  • A pension payment to a retired military person.

B. Why do some people gain and other people lose from inflation and deflation?

C. Define the natural rate of unemployment. Identify three factors that may cause the natural rate to change over time.

D. What is structural unemployment? State the various reasons due to which it can arise in an economy.

Ch 7

2) Suppose that the U.S. noninstitutional adult population is 230 million and the labor force participation rate is 67 percent.

a. What would be the size of the U.S. labor force?

b. If 85 million adults are not working, what is the unemployment rate?

3) Determine whether each of the following would be considered frictional, structural, seasonal, or cyclical unemployment:

a. A UPS employee who was hired for the Christmas season is laid off after Christmas

b. A worker is laid off due to reduced aggregate demand in the economy.

c. A worker in a DVD rental store becomes unemployed as video-on-demand cable service becomes more popular.

d. A new college graduate is looking for employment.

5) When the economy is at full employment, is the unemployment rate at zero percent? Why or why not? How would a more generous unemployment insurance system affect the full employment figure?

7) Here are some recent data on the U.S. consumer price index:

YEAR CPI YEAR CPI YEAR CPI

1992 140.3 1999 166.6 2006 201.6

1993 144.5 2000 172.2 2007 207.3

1994 148.2 2001 177.1 2008 215.3

1995 152.4 2002 179.9 2009 214.5

1996 156.9 2003 184.0 2010 218.1

1997 160.5 2004 188.9 2011 224.9

1998 163.0 2005 195.3 2012 229.6

Compute the inflation rate for each year 1993 – 2012 and determine which were years of inflation. In which years did deflation occur? In which years did disinflation occur? Was there hyperinflation in any year?

Ch 8

1) How do we measure labor productivity? How do changes in labor productivity affect the U.S. standard of living?

5) Supposed that two nation start out in 2013 with identical levels of output per work hour – say, $100 per hour. In the first nation, labor productivity grows by 1 percent per year. In the second, it grows by 2 percent per year. Use a calculate or spreadsheet to determine how much output per hour each nation will be producing 20 years later, assuming that labor productivity growth rates do not change. The, determine how much each will be producing per hour 100 years later. What do your results tell you about the effect of small differences in productivity growth rates?

7) What are some examples, other than those given in the chapter of technological change that has caused unemployment? And what are some examples of new technologies that have created jobs? How do you think you might measure the net impact of technological change on overall employment and GDP in the United States?

Ch 7

2) Suppose that the U.S. noninstitutional adult population is 230 million and the labor force participation rate is 67 percent.

a. What would be the size of the U.S. labor force?

b. If 85 million adults are not working, what is the unemployment rate?

3) Determine whether each of the following would be considered frictional, structural, seasonal, or cyclical unemployment:

a. A UPS employee who was hired for the Christmas season is laid off after Christmas

b. A worker is laid off due to reduced aggregate demand in the economy.

c. A worker in a DVD rental store becomes unemployed as video-on-demand cable service becomes more popular.

d. A new college graduate is looking for employment.

5) When the economy is at full employment, is the unemployment rate at zero percent? Why or why not? How would a more generous unemployment insurance system affect the full employment figure?

7) Here are some recent data on the U.S. consumer price index:

YEAR CPI YEAR CPI YEAR CPI

1992 140.3 1999 166.6 2006 201.6

1993 144.5 2000 172.2 2007 207.3

1994 148.2 2001 177.1 2008 215.3

1995 152.4 2002 179.9 2009 214.5

1996 156.9 2003 184.0 2010 218.1

1997 160.5 2004 188.9 2011 224.9

1998 163.0 2005 195.3 2012 229.6

Compute the inflation rate for each year 1993 – 2012 and determine which were years of inflation. In which years did deflation occur? In which years did disinflation occur? Was there hyperinflation in any year?

Ch 8

1) How do we measure labor productivity? How do changes in labor productivity affect the U.S. standard of living?

5) Supposed that two nation start out in 2013 with identical levels of output per work hour – say, $100 per hour. In the first nation, labor productivity grows by 1 percent per year. In the second, it grows by 2 percent per year. Use a calculate or spreadsheet to determine how much output per hour each nation will be producing 20 years later, assuming that labor productivity growth rates do not change. The, determine how much each will be producing per hour 100 years later. What do your results tell you about the effect of small differences in productivity growth rates?

7) What are some examples, other than those given in the chapter of technological change that has caused unemployment? And what are some examples of new technologies that have created jobs? How do you think you might measure the net impact of technological change on overall employment and GDP in the United States?

Severe unemployment is socially catastrophic. Mark all items below that can occur due to unemployment.

  Increased Spending
  Increased work hours for other family members
  Increased Savings
  Uninterrupted schooling
  Increased Stress
  Postponed medical care
  Utilities cut off

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Question 51 pts

What years was the unemployment rate equal to or great than 10%?

  1929-1933, 1937-1938, 1981-1982, 2007-2009
  1928-1932, 1936-1937, 1980-1981, 2008-2010
  1929-1933, 1936-1937, 1980-1981, 2007-2009
  1928-1930, 1937-1938, 1981-1982, 2008-2010

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Question 61 pts

The unemployment rate is understated due to:

  None of the above.
  Part-time workers being counted as unemployed
  Discouraged workers not counted in the labor force
  Underemployed workers being counted an unemployed

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Question 71 pts

True or False. The Labor force participation rate is the percentage of adults in an economy who are either employed or who are unemployed and looking for a job.

  True
  False

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Question 81 pts

True or False. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the percentage of labor force unemployed utilizing the current population survey.

  True
  False

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Question 91 pts

Mark all that apply. Over time the unemployment rate.....

  does not fluctuate over time
  an upward or downward trend in unemployment rates is apparent
  never falls all the way to zero
  the timing of rises and falls in unemployment do not match the timing of upswings and downswings in the overall economy

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Question 101 pts

According to the graphs presented by the author in this chapter, which group had the highest unemployment rate in 2010?

  Hispanic
  Black
  Asian
  Whites

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Question 111 pts

According to the information presented by the author in this chapter, which group had the highest unemployment rate in 2015?

  New entrants
  Re-entrants
  Job Losers: non-temporary
  Job Leavers
  Job Losers: temporary

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Question 121 pts

According to the information presented by the author in this chapter, which group had the highest unemployment rate in 2015?

  5 to 14 weeks
  Over 27 weeks
  15-26 weeks
  Under 5 weeks

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Question 131 pts

True or False. An international comparison of unemployment rates across countries can be easily accomplished.

  True
  False

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Question 141 pts

Mark all that apply. Wages are sticky downward due to:

  Implicit contract
  Insider-outsider model
  Efficiency Wage Theory
  Adverse selection of wage cuts argument

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Question 151 pts

Match the word to the correct definition.

Cyclical

[ Choose ] unemployment that occurs as workers move between jobs unemployment that occurs because individuals lack skills valued by employers or the Geographic distribution of jobs changes unemployment closely tied to the business cycle, like higher unemployment during a recession

Frictional

[ Choose ] unemployment that occurs as workers move between jobs unemployment that occurs because individuals lack skills valued by employers or the Geographic distribution of jobs changes unemployment closely tied to the business cycle, like higher unemployment during a recession

Structural

[ Choose ] unemployment that occurs as workers move between jobs unemployment that occurs because individuals lack skills valued by employers or the Geographic distribution of jobs changes unemployment closely tied to the business cycle, like higher unemployment during a recession

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Question 161 pts

A financial analyst who quits his/her job in Chicago and is pursuing similar work in Arizona. What type of unemployment occurred?

  Structural
  Cyclical
  Frictional

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Question 171 pts

True or False. With productivity low, average levels of unemployment will tend to be somewhat higher on average.

  True
  False

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Question 181 pts

True or False. Unemployment benefits in the United States are only federally controlled.

  True
  False

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Question 191 pts

True or False. The natural rate of unemployment will never be zero due to cyclical and frictional unemployment.

  True
  False

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Question 201 pts

True or False. Public policies to assist the unemployed as it relates to the supply side of the labor market affect how eager people are to find work

  True
  False

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