Problems & Exercises for MACRO

UNIT THREE (FOR EXAM THREE)

Unit Three--Assignment One--Web Problem 1


Using the following data, determine GDP, NDP, NI, PI, and DI. To obtain your GDP starting point, use C + I + G + F = Aggregate Demand = GDP, where

C =

Consumption

I =

Investment

G=

Government Purchases

F =

Foreign Trade (Exports – Imports)

 

Consumption Spending

$400

Depreciation

40

Retained Earnings

24

Gross Investment

130

Imports

80

Exports

100

Social Insurance Taxes

50

Indirect Business Taxes

30

Government Purchases

120

Government Transfer Payments

70

Personal Income Taxes

90

Corporate Profits Taxes

20

(By the way, in a huge macroeconomy, the numbers may be in billions, but it won’t do any good to add a lot of zeros, so we’ll omit those.)

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Solutions:

 

C

400

I

130

G

120

F

20

A.D.=GDP

670

 

 

 

GDP

670

- Deprec.

-40

NDP

630

-I.B.T.

-30

NI

600

-Ret. E.

-24

-Soc. Ins.

-50

-Corp. Prof. Taxes

-20

+Transfers

+70

PI

576

-Pers. Inc. Taxes

-90

DI

486


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