Part 1
Gross Domestic Product
Use the data chart to answer the questions below. Please Show work
Consumption $500
Government Expenditures $200
GNP $800
Gross Private Domestic Investment $100
Imports $100
Exports $50
Questions:
1. Using the data above, GDP is equal to __________________.
2. Using the data above, Net Exports is equal to _____________.
3. Using the data above, PCE (Personal Consumption Expenditure) is equal to _____________.
4. If the dollar amounts of the items above are the nominal amounts in year 2017, and the quantities of units are identical in years 2010 and 2017, but prices in 2010 were 20% less than 2017, Real GDP in 2017 using 2010 as the base year is equal to _______________.
Part 2
The Importance of Competition
After reading chapters 11, 12, and Special Topic 4, write a 1-page paper describing the economic viewpoints and theories of John Maynard Keynes. What were his views of the causes recessions and solutions to fixing them? In his view, what place did government have to improve markets? What does the concept of “crowding out” mean in all of this?
Part 3
Federal Reserve & Open Market Operations
If the Fed shifts to a more restrictive monetary policy, and it utilizes the open market operations tool, describe what will happen to each of the following:
1. the reserves available to banks
2. real interest rates
3. household spending on consumer durables
4. the exchange rate value of the dollar
5. net exports
6. the prices of stocks
7. real GDP
Part 4
Effects of Free Trade and Restrictions
Use the graph below to answer the following questions:
The graph above shows the demand and supply of wrenches for the country of Spain.
1. If trade is avoided, Spain consumes _____ wrenches at a price of _____ per wrench.
2. With free trade, for a world price of $4 per wrench, Spain is producing _____wrenches.
3. With free trade, for a world price of $4 per wrench, Spain is consuming _______ wrenches.
4. With free trade, for a world price of $4 per wrench, Spain is importing _________wrenches.
5. If the world price is $4 per wrench, and the government of Spain imposes a tariff of $2, Spain produces ____________ and imports __________wrenches.
6. If the world price is $4 per wrench, and the government of Spain imposes a tariff of $2, how much tariff revenue will the Spain’s government collect? _____