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In the simple circular flow model of a closed economy with no government or financial markets
consumer income = value of output
value of output = consumer expenditure
consumer income = consumer expenditure
all of the above
Rent is the payment for
land
labour
capital
entrepreneurship
Wages are the payment for
land
labour
capital
entrepreneurship
Interest is the payment for
land
labour
capital
entrepreneurship
Profit is the payment for
land
labour
capital
entrepreneurship
Which of the following statements is true?
Leakages include saving, import spending and government spending.
Injections include investment spending, government spending and import spending.
If leakages are greater than injections, the size of the circular flow increases
If injections are greater than leakages, the size of the circular flow increases.
GNI is
a measure of income earned by domestic residents
GDP in constant prices
GDP in current prices
a measure of value of output produced domestically
Nominal GDP is
value of GDP divided by the population
measure of income earned by domestic residents
value of GDP in current prices
value of GDP in constant prices
Per capita real GDP is
a measure of income earned by domestic residents
a measure of value of output produced domestically
a value of GDP in current prices
real GDP divided by population
Real GDP is
nominal GDP divided by the population
the value of GDP in constant prices
the measure of income earned by domestic residents
the measure of value of output produced domestically
Which of the following is not a method to measure economic activity?
expenditure approach
employment approach
income approach
output approach
Two reasons why national income statistics may be an inaccurate measure of standards of living are because they _________________ and ______________.
exclude output sold in underground markets / ignore environmental destruction
exclude output that is not sold in markets / ignore product and service quality improvements
disregard the distribution of income / ignore the effects of differing price levels in different countries
all of the above
The relationship between GDP and GNI is given by
GNI = GDP + income received from abroad minus income sent abroad
GDP = GNI + income received from abroad minus income sent abroad
GNI = GDP + income sent abroad minus income received from abroad
GDP = GNI + income sent abroad minus income received from abroad
The expenditure approach is composed of
government spending + net export spending + investment spending + consumption spending
investment spending + capital spending + net export spending + government spending
consumption spending + investment spending + net export spending − government spending
consumption spending + investment spending + government spending − export spending
The income approach to measuring economic activity is useful to
assess the relative size of each sector of the economy
assess the size of each component of GDP
assess the relative size of payments for the factors of production
assess how much profit firms are earning
The output approach to measuring economic activity is useful to
assess the relative size of each sector of the economy
assess the size of each component of GDP
assess the relative size of payments for the factors of production
assess how much profit firms are earning
Purchasing power parities (PPPs) are used to
compare economic activity between countries with differing price levels
compare economic activity within a country at different time periods
compare the prices of goods at one point in time to another point in time
compare the prices of goods in one country with those in the USA
Calculating real GDP values requires
using purchasing power parities
adding the new price index to the base year price index
using a GDP deflator
knowing the population to derive per capita information
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