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Suppose the total monetary value of all final goods and services produced in a particular country in 2008 is $500 billion and the total monetary value of final goods and services sold is $450 billion. We can conclude that:
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GDP in 2008 is $500 billion.
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If depreciation (consumption of fixed capital) exceeds domestic investment, we can conclude
that:
that:
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net investment is negative.
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Real GDP measures:
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current output at base year prices.
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Real GDP and nominal GDP differ because the real GDP:
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has been adjusted for changes in the price level.
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The GDP tends to:
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understate economic welfare because it does not take into account increases in leisure.
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The monetary value of all final goods and services produced by the United States economy during a year is:
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GDP
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Which would be considered an investment according to economists?
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The construction of a new computer chip factory by Intel
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The following are national income account data for a hypothetical economy in billions of dollars: gross private domestic investment ($320); imports ($35); exports ($22); personal consumption expenditures ($2,460); and, government purchases ($470). What is GDP in this economy?
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$3,237 billion
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GDP in an economy is $4,600 billion. Consumer expenditures are $3,500 billion, government purchases are $900 billion, and gross private domestic investment is $400 billion. Net exports are:
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-$200 billion
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A consumer price index attempts to measure changes in:
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The price of a select market basket of goods and services