Macroeconomics Problem Set 1 1. Explain why an economy´s income must equal its expenditure 2. List the four components of GDP. Give an example of each 3. Why do Economists use real GDP rather than nominal GDP to gauge economic well-being 4. What component of GDP (if any) would each of the following transactions affect? Explain a. A family bus a new refrigerator b. Jane buys a new house c. For sells a Thunderbird from its inventory d. You buy a pizza
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EC301 Open-Book Midterm Exam (Weight 110 points) 1. (7 points) How are presidential election outcomes related to the performance of the economy? 2. (7 points) Discuss the difference between Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. 3. (10 points) Use the concepts of gross and net investment to distinguish between an economy that has a rising stock of capital and one that has a falling stock of capital. “In 1933 net private domestic investment was minus $6 billion. This means that in that particular
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Is Illegal Immigration Beneficial to the U.S. Economy? XXXXXXXXXXX Intermediate Macroeconomics Legal immigrants have been welcomed to the United States for centuries‚ for the United States was founded as a nation of immigrants. Although‚ after the terrorist attacks of September 11‚ 2001‚ the number and countries of origin for illegal immigrants coming to America from Mexico (majority) has raised a much higher concern for our national security and the safety of our citizens. The question that
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Introduction This paper is to assess a country ’s current macroeconomic position and discuss what policy options have been adopted by the monetary and fiscal authorities in the past years in order to correct any inflation‚ unemployment or growth problems that exist. In this paper‚ Singapore ’s economy will be discussed. Like most other countries‚ Singapore wants growing living standards‚ high employment and low unemployment‚ as well as avoidance of recessions and inflation. These things are known
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4. What combination of the two goods below allows you to maximize your utility with a budget constraint of $14? Show how you arrived at your conclusion in the space provided below. Place your final answers on the lines at the bottom of this page. PRICE = $0.50 per pint |Bottles of glue |Total Utility (Utils) | |1 |15 | |2 |23 | |3 |30
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past experience‚ and‚ therefore‚ by the establishment of a perceptual set. It is based on an experiment conducted by Bugelski and Alampay (1961). It was hypothesized that interpretation of an ambiguous stimuli that can be perceived as either a rat or a human face will be influenced by the context under which they view the figure and their past experience with other figures. That is they will be influenced by their perceptual set. The results from this study supported the hypothesis with the
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worth of all the goods and services produced stated in current prices. Macroeconomics is perceived as a relatively new concept considering the lack of interest in studying the economy before the 1930s. However‚ a specific terminology was created that dealt with the problems that is faced by the economy daily. That has aided in a better understanding the differences between macro and microeconomics. Macroeconomics speaks of the aggregate economic facotors and entails employment‚ interest rates
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Economics and financial management consist of two major components: microeconomics and macroeconomics. These two components are interchangeable and act as the foundation to the core concepts to understanding the enormous arena of the financial world. Macroeconomics can be defined in several business terms‚ but simple put‚ it is the branch of economics that studies the economy of consumers or households or individual firms. Microeconomics basically deals with the choices and assessments made by businesses
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growth rates is due to large increases in capital formation. 1 7) Economists have suggested that the relatively higher unemployment in Europe has been caused by which of the following? 7) A) relatively high unemployment benefits B) inadequate macroeconomic policies C) relatively high level of
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A311: Final Exam Review Chapter 10 1. Interest Capitalization Delmar Corporation borrowed $200‚000 at 12% interest from state Bank on January 1‚ 2013‚ for the specific purpose of constructing special-purpose equipment to be used in its operations. Construction on the equipment began on 1/1/13‚ and the following expenditures were made prior to the project’s completion on 12/31/13: Expenditures Made in 2013 January 1 $100‚000 April 30 150‚000 November 1 300‚000 December 31 100‚000 Total Expenditures
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