1. Why do economists use real GDP rather than nominal GDP to gauge economic well-being? Real GDP is the production of goods and services valued at constant prices. Nominal GDP is the production of goods and services valued at current prices. Real GDP rather than nominal GDP to gauge economic well-being because real GDP is not affected by changes in prices‚ so it reflects only changes in the amounts being produced. If nominal GDP rises‚ you do not know if that is because of increased production or
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Direct and Indirect taxes both have their benefits and disadvantages‚ these factors need to be taken into consideration when thinking about which of these taxes revenue should go towards the improvement of education of the UK workers. Direct taxes are taxes imposed on income‚ wealth and company profits‚ for example income tax‚ national insurance contributions and corporation tax. By using the revenue direct taxation this would allow the governments to estimate how much income tax revenue can
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on Military Spending during war While spending on the war has stimulated the economy through government purchases and consumer patriotism it has had a negative macroeconomic effects through increases in the national deficient and debts used to finance the war. While the initial effect on the GDP (gross domestic product) has been positive it has started to decline. Since 9/11 the increased military spending was largely financed through borrowing which has caused a higher debt to GDP ratio because
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p.a.‚ and the company is in the 34% tax bracket; the company expects $306‚000 of earnings before interest and taxes every year in perpetuity. What would be the value of the firm if it was financed entirely with equity? What amount of the firm’s annual earnings is available to stockholders? 2 Exercise 2 Gibson‚ Inc.‚ expects perpetual earnings before interest and taxes of $1.2 mil. per year; the firm’s pre-tax cost of debt is 8% p.a.‚ and its annual interest expense is $200‚000;
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Measuring social welfare: GDP or HDI? FULL NAME: Bui Lan Phuong- 1111150187 Nguyen Thi Hoa- 1111150099 CLASS: A30 FACULTY: Economics and International Business For the past few years‚ interest in aggregate or composite indicators of economic and social well-being at the community‚ national and international levels has grown greatly. For example‚ the annual release of the United Nations’ Human Development Index (HDI) generates considerable media interest‚ particularly in Canada. It
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Gross domestic product (GDP) is the total market value of all final goods and services produced in an economy in a year or a given time period within a country’s borders (domestic output). This includes all production‚ both material and intellectual‚ everything produced by government and private business as well as consumer goods and capital construction. Gross national product (GNP) is the total income earned by a country’s factors of production in a year or a given time period‚ regardless of where
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Increased taxes on the wealthy seems fair in our opinion. Taxes are a way for the government to bring in more money. The money is used for when economic times get hard and challenging. It is also used for education‚ social security‚ health‚ and other things needed in our country. The wealthy are most likely able to afford these increases in taxes. This doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t tax the less wealthy/poor and middle class. That’s why their taxed less‚ cause they don’t have as much financial
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Shopping for an Education Independent college students should cut back on their extra spending habits such as shopping. Young college students are transitioning in their lives and becoming independent. Independence comes with many responsibilities that students will have to deal with on their own. Such responsibilities include things like paying for their tuition‚ bills and other daily expenses. Many college students are not equipped to handle such a large amount of new responsibility while
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Problem 17-1 Dividends and Taxes [LO2] Dark Day‚ Inc.‚ has declared a $5.60 per share dividend. Suppose capital gains are not taxed‚ but dividends are taxed at 15 percent. New IRS regulations require that taxes be withheld at the time the dividend is paid. Dark Day sells for $94.10 per share‚ and the stock is about to go ex-dividend. What do you think the ex-dividend price will be? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g.‚ 32.16)) Ex-dividend price $ Problem 17-2 Stock Dividends
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Product (GDP) is defined as the total value of all final goods and services produced in an economy within a given period (Economics Course Notes‚ 2006). As is common in most economies worldwide‚ it is used to gauge the performance of the economy. GDP is calculated with an assumption that all goods and services produced in the period specified have been sold‚ and all the income derived from the sale is spent within the same period. The expenditure method calculates GDP as follows: GDP = consumption
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