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Question 1 – Question 2: A closed economy produces and consumes three goods. The following table shows the prices and quantity exchanged in 2017 and 2018, and the base year is 2018.
Goods Price Quantity exchanged Price Quantity exchanged
A $8 600 $9 500 B $4 100 $3 250 C $3 400 $3 500
Question 1
What is the percentage change in real GDP from 2017 to 2018? Show your work and keep your answer to 2 decimal places if needed.
RGDP2017 =$9600+$3100+$3400=$6900 RGDP2018 = $9 500 + $3 250 + $3 500 = $6750
% = ($6750 − 1) × 100% = – 2.17% $6900
Percentage change in (real) GDP (in % terms):
– 2.17% or by 2.17%
Find the GDP deflator in 2017. Show your work and keep your answer to 2 decimal places if needed.
NGDP2017 =$8600+$4100+$3400=$6400 GDP deflator2017 = $6400 × 100 = 92.75
Question 2
GDP deflator:
Question 3
Determine whether each of the following transactions will be considered as double (or multiple) counting in the calculation of GDP. Put “YES” into the appropriate category.
Not include in GDP Include in GDP
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The commission paid to the seller of a previously owned collectors skateboard.
Wheels used to produce a skateboard that will be sold new.
A previously owned collectors skateboard.
Question 4
Determine whether each of the following statements about GDP is true or false.
__TRUE___ __FALSE__
Question 5
Owing to increase in parental involvement, school quality increases. However, this improvement in school quality will only increase the standard of living but not GDP.
The Arcadia Entertainment Co. produced 20,000 DVDs of the movie Thor in 2011. Only 4,000 copies remained unsold at the end of 2011. As a result, only 16,000 DVDs are included in GDP of 2011; the remaining 4,000 are counted in GDP of 2012.
Real GDP tends to overstate our economic well-being by including repairs to structures destroyed by storms.
Suppose that roughly 8 million people in an economy were actively seeking jobs but had not found them this month, the same number as last month. Suppose that 2 million of the people who were unemployed last month gave up their search this month and stopped looking for work. What will happen to the unemployment rate this month, all other things unchanged? Why?
Unemployment rate will DECREASE (increase/decrease/remain unchanged) because these workers become discouraged workers. They are no longer counted as
unemployed and have dropped out from the labour force.
(your explanation must be consistent with the change in unemployment rate in order for you to receive
credit. For example, unemployment rate will not increase with an increase in discouraged workers).
Question 6
Suppose the labour market can be described by the followings:
Labour demand: LD = 880 – 50W, where W = wage per hour Labour supply: LS = 40W – 200
The initial equilibrium wage is $12 per hour and the level of employment is 280.
Suppose firms are paying their worker $15 per hour, find the change in the level of unemployment.
# of unemployed = [40(15) – 200] – [880 – 50(15)] = 400 – 130 = 270
Change in the level of unemployment:
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Question 7
Determine the type of unemployment that each of the following events will have an impact on.
Type of unemployment (frictional, structural, cyclical)
FRICTIONAL CYCLICAL STRUCTRUAL
Question 8
Internet employment agencies have simplified the job search for the applicants.
An autoworker who is laid off because of a decline in sales caused by a recession.
A geologist who is permanently laid off from an oil company due to a new technological advance.
• When Joe started his job at the laundromat five years ago, his wage was $5.00 an hour. Today, his wage is $6.50 an hour. If Joe started his job in the base year, and his real wage is the same as when
he started, then the consumer price index (CPI) today is __ 130_.
• Suppose Al Fresco enjoys eating at Italian restaurants, where the average meal costs $25. He has
$1,000 to spend. In terms of purchasing power, his money is worth _ 40 meals. (make sure to mention the appropriate unit).
Question 9
Determine whether each of the following statements about inflation is true or false.
__TRUE___ __TRUE___ __TRUE___
Question 10
The threat of future inflation makes people reluctant to lend money for long periods. The threat of future inflation lowers the quality of economic decisions agents made. Unanticipated inflation create uncertainty about the future.
Determine whether each of the following factors tend to raise or lower labour productivity.
Labour productivity (increase/decrease)
DECREASE, INCREASE, DECREASE,
The best trained workers in a country migrating to other countries to pursue better opportunities.
Promoting educational and work opportunities for women.
The government announces that they are eliminating free tuition for low- income students.
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Question 11
Holding technology and human capital fixed in Techland, increasing physical capital per worker from $2,500 to $10,000 would have led to a doubling of real GDP per worker, from $4,000 to $8,000 during the 1980 to 2010 period. However, not only did physical capital per worker increase from $2,500 to $10,000, but technological progress shifted the productivity curve upward so that the actual increase in real GDP per worker during the 1980 to 2010 period was from $6,000 to $48,000. What was the annual growth rate of real GDP per worker in Techland? Keep your answer to 2 decimal places.
Annual growth rate = (($48,000)1/30 − 1) × 100% $6,000
Annual growth rate = 7.18%
Annual growth rate of real GDP per worker (in % terms):
Question 12
Determine the impact of the following changes on the marginal product of capital (MPk) and the marginal product of human capital (MPh).
MPk (increase/decrease)
INCREASRE, INCREASRE,
Question 13
MPh (increase/decrease)
DECREASRE, INCREASRE,
An increase in the average years of schooling of workers.
The extensive use of artificial intelligence (AI) has raised the level of total factor productivity.
Initially, country A has a per capita income of $400 while country B has a per capita income of $800. According to the Rule of 70, how many years will it take for A to have the same level of per capita income as B if the annual per capita income growth rate is 4% in A and 2% in B?
For A: need to double 2 times # of yrs = 35
For B: $800 need to double 1 time # of yrs = 35
Number of years needed (in integer):
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Question 14 – Question 15: The market for loanable funds for a closed economy can be described by the following equations:
Demand for loanable funds: DF = 2,000 – 500i
Supply of loanable funds: SF = 1,200 + 1,500i
where i = interest rate (interest rate is expressed in decimal form; i.e., if i = 0.1, then i is 10%)
The initial equilibrium level of interest rate is 0.4 (i.e., 40%) and the equilibrium quantity of funds traded is 1,800.
Question 14
The loanable fund market is in its initial equilibrium. Suppose the government provides a tax cut on new capital.
• Show the effect of the change on the diagram on the left. Be sure to show to identify the new equilibrium.
• When the market of loanable funds reaches its new equilibrium, the level of investment
__INCREASES__ (increases / decreases / no change).
Question 15
Suppose the tax cut on new capital causes autonomous investment to change by 10%. Find the change in equilibrium interest rate. Be sure to show your work and keep your answer to 2 decimal places if necessary. You need to decide whether autonomous investment increases or decreases.
F = 2,200 – 500i
Equilibrium: 1,200 + 1,500i = 2,200 – 500i i* = 0.5 (50%)
Change in interest rate:
i = 0.5 – 0.4 = 0.1 (10%)
by 0.1 or by 10%
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Question 16
Suppose You hold a bond that has a face value of $1,000 and a coupon rate of 3.8% with 2 years to maturity. If you sell it for $1,050, what is the current market interest rate? Show your work and keep your answer to 2 decimal places.
Market interest rate (in % terms):
Question 17
$1050 = $38 + $1038 1+𝑖 (1+𝑖)2
i = 0.0125 1.25%
Determine whether each of the following statements is true or false.
__TRUE___ __FALSE__
Question 18
For an open economy, if its (financial) capital inflows exceeds outflows, then foreigners are contributing to this country’s investment spending.
A firm is considering a new capital expenditure that would cost $2 million. This expenditure is expected to yield $1.1 million in annual profits for each of two years. The firm should undertake the project regardless the level of interest rate since the profits will be greater than the costs.
Crowding out results in a decrease in physical capital accumulation, which might slowdown labour productivity growth.
Macroland is a closed economy with no taxes and transfers. Besides, interest rate and aggregate price level are held fixed. Fill in the missing values in the following table. You can show your work in the space below.
GDP YD C IPlanned IUnplanned G
155 155 80 60 –25 40 255 255 145 60 10 40
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Question 19 – Question 21: In this question, interest rate and prices are held fixed, and the economy
can be described by the income-expenditure model.
Consumption: Planned investment: Taxes:
Transfers: Government spending:
Question 19
C = 930 + 0.75YD; IPlanned = 700 – 500i, T = 400
where YD = disposable income
where i = 0.04 (i.e., 4% & it is held fixed)
Find the level of output in this economy. Be sure to show your work and keep your answer to 2 decimal places if necessary.
C = 930 + 0.75(Y – 400 + 80) = 690 + 0.75Y
AEPlanned = (690 + 0.75Y) + (700 – 500 0.04) + 340 AEPlanned = 1710 + 0.75Y
Equilibrium: 1710 + 0.75Y = Y Y* = 6840
Equilibrium level of output:
Question 20
Suppose a recent survey shows that if the current government runs a budget surplus, they are more likely to get re-elected. This year is the election year, and in attempt to get re-elected the government decides to run a budget surplus of 40 by changing (lump-sum) transfer.
• To achieve a budget surplus of 40, the change in (lump-sum) transfer should be equal to _ by 60.
• This change in (lump-sum) transfer will shift the AEPlanned line ___DOWN___ (up/down).
• Immediately after the change in autonomous investment, firms find their inventories _RISES / _ (rises/falls) unexpectedly, and the level of unplanned investment is equal to ___45____.
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Question 21
(Continued from Question 20) Find the change in equilibrium level of output and the change in government budget balance.
__TRUE___ __FALSE__
Question 23
Rising inventories typically indicate positive unplanned inventory investment and a slowing economy.
Vanessa tells people she is consuming more now and probably will continue to do so for some time, but she believes her consumption will smooth out over her lifetime. Vanessa’s consumption pattern mirrors the permanent income hypothesis.
The Bank of Canada, the central bank of Canada, has been cutting the interest rate in order to stimulate the recessionary economy. Interest cuts by the Bank of Canada can increase spending on the building up of physical capital and thus increase GDP through the accelerator principle.
Y* = – 45 4 = – 180
EPlanned: AE1Planned = 1665 + 0.75Y
Equilibrium: 1665 + 0.75Y = Y Y* = 6660
Y* = 6660 – 6840 = – 180
GBB = 40 – (400 – 80 – 340) = 40 – (- 20) = 60
Change in output:
–180 or by180
Change in GBB:
60 or by60
Question 22
Determine whether each of the following statements is true or false.
For each of the following events, determine which curve(s), aggregate demand (AD), short-run aggregate supply (SRAS), and/or long-run aggregate supply (LRAS), will shift and to which direction.
Shift in AD, SRAS, and/or LRAS
Direction (left or right)
LEFT RIGHT
The Federal Court of Appeal rejected the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project.
Due to favourable weather, there is a bumper crop (an unusually productive harvest) of wheat.
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Question 24 – Question 25: Consider a closed economy that can be described by the AD-AS model. In addition, prices can adjust to a change in aggregate demand or aggregate supply.
Planned aggregate expenditure: AEPlanned = 2200 – 5P + 0.5Y
Short-run aggregate supply (SRAS): P = (50 + 0.1Y)( W ), where W = wage
Question 24
If the current level of wage is 192, find the equilibrium levels of price and output. Be sure to show your work and keep your answer to 2 decimal places if necessary.
AD: Y = 2200 – 5P + 0.5Y
P = 440 – 0.1Y or Y = 4400 – 10P
Equilibrium:
440 – 0.1Y = (50 + 0.1Y)(192) Y* = 2000 200
P* = 440 – 0.1 × 2000 = 240
P* = (50 + 0.1 × 2000)(192)= 240
Question 25
Suppose the long-run equilibrium level of capital is 2200. Find the size of the output gap, and also, complete the sentence below. Keep your answer to 2 decimal places if needed.
Output gap = 2000 − 2200 = – 0.0909 (– 9.09%) 2200
Size of the output gap (in % term) & be sure to identify the kind of output gap:
Recessionary gap of 9.09%
• Given the nature of the output gap, we expect the price level to ___FALLS / ___ (rises/falls) in the long run until output reaches its full employment level.
This is the end of the exam.
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