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6. Option B
Explanation: GDP = Consumption + investment + government purchases + net export = consumption + investment + government purchases + (exports - import) = $100 + $50 + $25 + ($10 - $20) = $175 - $10 = $165.
7. Option B
Explanation: Consumer surplus =maximum willingness to pay - actual price.
8. Option A
Explanation: The demand for normal goods increases with a rise in income.
9. Option D
Explanation: The increase in investment is neutralized by the equal fall in net export.
10. Option D
Explanation: Normative questions are based on value judgement.
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a. Which of the following events would likely cause the decrease in aggregate demand? Personal consumption...
a. Which of the following events would likely cause the decrease
in aggregate demand?
Personal consumption falls as workers become concerned about
future employment prospects.
Imports decrease due to increased foreign prices.
Gross investment increases as capital units become fully
utilized.
b. A decrease in aggregate demand is of policy concern due to
the increase in the:
unemployment rate.
productivity of workers.
price level.
c. Which policy action should the federal government enact?
Increase personal income tax rates
Decrease real...
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sing and government purchases are leakages. 8. In a mixed closed economy: A taxes and government purchases are leakages, while investment and saving are injections. • taxes and investment are injections, while saving and government purchases are leakages. taxes and savings are leakages, while investment and government purchases are injections. 1. government purchases and saving are injections, while investment and taxes are leakages. 9. In a mixed open economy, the equilibrium GDP is determined at that point where: A.S. +M+...
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a. Which of the following events would likely cause the decrease
in aggregate demand?
Personal consumption falls as workers become concerned about
future employment prospects.
Imports decrease due to increased foreign prices.
Gross investment increases as capital units become fully
utilized.
b. A decrease in aggregate demand is of policy concern due to
the increase in the:
unemployment rate.
productivity of workers.
price level.
c. Which policy action should the federal government enact?
Increase personal income tax rates
Decrease real...
Residential investment includes spending by firms on office buildings. Select one: O True O False The GDP deflator is a measure of the Select one: O a. average level of prices of intermediate goods and services in the economy. O b. average level of prices of final goods and services in the economy. O c. total production of the economy unadjusted for inflation. O d.) total production of the economy adjusted for inflation. To examine how the total production of...
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