Part I
Assume
that Country A has a population of 500,000 and only produces one good—cars.
Country A produces 100,000 cars per year. The people in Country A purchase
90,000 cars, but there are not enough cars to fulfill all the demand. They
decide to import 50,000 more. The government buys 25,000 cars for its police
force, and 10,000 cars are bought by companies to transport employees to other
locations to work. They also export 65,000 cars to nearby countries for sale.
- What
is Country A’s GDP?
- What
is the composition of GDP by percentage?
- What
is the GDP per capita?
- How
does this relate to Keynesian economics?
Part II
Go to the
Bureau of Economic Analysis on the Department of Commerce Web site, and look up the latest new release
for real GDP. Address the following questions after reading the latest release:
- Where
are we in the business cycle?
- What
is the real GDP today?
- What
is the largest component of GDP?
- What
is the smallest component of GDP?
- What
is the fastest growing component of GDP and why?
- What
components of GDP were involved in the change from last month to this
month?
- What
is the price index today?
- What
caused the change?
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