Part (a) Refer to the table below for a very simple economy producing three goods: education, pizzas and cars. Steel panels are needed for car production, cheese is necessary for making pizzas and projectors are used for educational service. Product Steel panels Education Cars Cheese Pizzas Projectors Quantity 40 400 400 2500 2500 4000 2017 Price $5000 $1000 $10000 $1.50 $9.00 $2000 Quantity 50 450 500 3500 3500 5000 2022 Price $6000 $1100 $12000 $1.50 $12.00 $3000 What is the nominal GDP for the economy in 2022? What was the nominal GDP in 2017? What is the real GDP in 2022 using 2017 prices as base year prices? What is the overall real GDP growth rate between 2022 and 2017?

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Part (a)
Refer to the table below for a very simple economy producing three goods:
education, pizzas and cars. Steel panels are needed for car production, cheese is
necessary for making pizzas and projectors are used for educational service.
Product
Steel panels
Education
Cars
Cheese
Pizzas
Projectors
Quantity
40
400
400
2500
2500
4000
2017
Price
$5000
$1000
$10000
$1.50
$9.00
$2000
Quantity
50
450
500
3500
3500
5000
2022
Price
$6000
$1100
$12000
$1.50
$12.00
$3000
What is the nominal GDP for the economy in 2022? What was the nominal GDP in
2017? What is the real GDP in 2022 using 2017 prices as base year prices? What is
the overall real GDP growth rate between 2022 and 2017?
Part (b)
Assume for an economy, there are 11.5 million people employed, unemployment
rate is 5.2%, labor force participation rate is 64%, number of defence force personnel
Transcribed Image Text:Question 2 Part (a) Refer to the table below for a very simple economy producing three goods: education, pizzas and cars. Steel panels are needed for car production, cheese is necessary for making pizzas and projectors are used for educational service. Product Steel panels Education Cars Cheese Pizzas Projectors Quantity 40 400 400 2500 2500 4000 2017 Price $5000 $1000 $10000 $1.50 $9.00 $2000 Quantity 50 450 500 3500 3500 5000 2022 Price $6000 $1100 $12000 $1.50 $12.00 $3000 What is the nominal GDP for the economy in 2022? What was the nominal GDP in 2017? What is the real GDP in 2022 using 2017 prices as base year prices? What is the overall real GDP growth rate between 2022 and 2017? Part (b) Assume for an economy, there are 11.5 million people employed, unemployment rate is 5.2%, labor force participation rate is 64%, number of defence force personnel
is 70,000 and full-time students are 125,000. How many people are unemployed?
How many people are in the labour force?
Part (c)
Consider a simple economy that produces only three products: hot dogs, torches and
golf balls. Use the information in the following table to calculate the inflation rate for
2020, as measured by the consumer price index.
Product
Hot dogs
Torches
Golf balls
Quantity
10
15
8
Base Year
Price (2013)
$1.00
$5.00
$2.00
Price (2019)
$1.50
$7.00
$3.00
Price (2020)
$1.75
$6.75
$3.50
Now assume an investor is negotiating with a bank to obtain a loan for business. The
bank offers her two options: take a loan with 1.5% real interest rate or (ii) take a
loan with 2.0% nominal interest rate. Will she be better off with the first or the
second choice? Explain carefully.
Transcribed Image Text:is 70,000 and full-time students are 125,000. How many people are unemployed? How many people are in the labour force? Part (c) Consider a simple economy that produces only three products: hot dogs, torches and golf balls. Use the information in the following table to calculate the inflation rate for 2020, as measured by the consumer price index. Product Hot dogs Torches Golf balls Quantity 10 15 8 Base Year Price (2013) $1.00 $5.00 $2.00 Price (2019) $1.50 $7.00 $3.00 Price (2020) $1.75 $6.75 $3.50 Now assume an investor is negotiating with a bank to obtain a loan for business. The bank offers her two options: take a loan with 1.5% real interest rate or (ii) take a loan with 2.0% nominal interest rate. Will she be better off with the first or the second choice? Explain carefully.
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