Coconut Producers' balance sheets: Total Revenues = $20 Wages = $5 Taxes = $1.5 Interest on Loans $0.5 What is the Coconut Producer contribution’s to GDP using the Income Approach?

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QUESTION 1

1. Coconut Producers' balance sheets:

· Total Revenues = $20

· Wages = $5

· Taxes = $1.5 

· Interest on Loans $0.5

What is the Coconut Producer contribution’s to GDP using the Value Added Approach?  (omit the $-sign in your answer)

10 points   

QUESTION 2

1. Coconut Producers' balance sheets:

· Total Revenues = $20

· Wages = $5

· Taxes = $1.5 

· Interest on Loans $0.5

What is the Coconut Producer contribution’s to GDP using the Expenditure Approach?  (omit the $-sign in your answer)

10 points   

QUESTION 3

1. Coconut Producers' balance sheets:

· Total Revenues = $20

· Wages = $5

· Taxes = $1.5 

· Interest on Loans $0.5

What is the Coconut Producer contribution’s to GDP using the Income Approach?  (omit the $-sign in your answer)

10 points   

QUESTION 4

1.

Car Producers' balance sheets:

1. Total Revenues = $100

1. Steel Purchases = $30

1. Wages = $35

1. Taxes = $10 

1. Interest on Loans $2

What is the Car Producers' contribution’s to GDP using the Income Approach?  (omit the $-sign in your answer)

10 points   

QUESTION 5

1. Car Producers' balance sheets:

1. Total Revenues = $100

1. Steel Purchases = $30

1. Wages = $35

1. Taxes = $10 

1. Interest on Loans $2

What is the Car Producers' contribution’s to GDP using the Value Added Approach?  (omit the $-sign in your answer)

10 points   

QUESTION 6

1. Car Producers' balance sheets:

1. Total Revenues = $100

1. Steel Purchases = $30

1. Wages = $35

1. Taxes = $10 

1. Interest on Loans $2

What is the Car Producers' contribution’s to GDP using the Expenditure Approach?  (omit the $-sign in your answer)

10 points   

QUESTION 7

1. Consider the following Economy in which only cars and bananas are produced

Year 1

 

Quantity

Price

Cars

1000

$100

Bananas

7000

$1

Year 2

 

Quantity

Price

Cars

980

$110

Bananas

9000

$0.9

Nominal GDP Year 1 =  

Nominal GDP Year 2 = 

(Omit any $-sign in your answer)

10 points   

QUESTION 8

1. Consider the following Economy in which only cars and bananas are produced

Year 1

 

Quantity

Price

Cars

1000

$100

Bananas

7000

$1

Year 2

 

Quantity

Price

Cars

980

$110

Bananas

9000

$0.9

Real GDP Year 1 =   (Using Year 1's prices)

Real GDP Year 2 =  (Using Year 1's prices)

Inflation Rate between Year 2 and Year 1 =   (using Chain-Weighting, your answer has to be a percentage - for example +5.2%. Stop at the first decimal sign!)

(Omit any $-sign in your answer)

20 points   

QUESTION 9

1. Consider the following diagram representing GDP per capita's Cyclical Component as % of Trend:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/NKe8B7wlExPcbxAQyFpEgc3SCCKKHML9_oHicbVQTFfn5oZqX1WSAyySoiZp_q_25-uj0fiZ_DIKmWLFCQ0WgCwHBGSB1WFjTBuxTORp1G0ISCKfo2rFiZtoUkpYSykIOqTAcwgXZdw

If you focus on the great recession, you notice that...

GDP per capita growth has been negative since 2008

The Great Recession is similar to what happened in the 60s

Growth has not been sufficient to bring the GDP per capita back to its trend level before the great recession

The Great Recession is similar to what happened in the 80s