Midterm 1 ECON103

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the GDP deflator is a measure of the

average level of prices of final goods and services in the economy

which of the following goods is directly counted in GDP?

a 12 inch subway sandwich purchased by a student

the nominal GDP of the US in 2018 was approximately $19.4 trillion. This means that

all of the above are true

the bureau of labor statistics would categorize a person as _________ if they were temporarily away from their job because they were ill

employed

the labor force equals the number of people

employed plus unemployed

the sum of the value added of every firm involved in producing all final goods and services _________ GDP

equals

suppose the production function in a country is, what share of output does capital receive?

0.3

which of the following would be the best measure of the cost of living?

consumer price index

the purchase of a new automobile is included in

consumption expenditures on durable goods

changing the level of government spending is an example of:

fiscal policy

which of the following would decrease the unemployment rate?

government aid to retrain unemployed workers

the skills, training, and education possessed by workers that contribute to economic growth are known as:

human capital

which one of the following is not a characteristic of competitive firm?

it hires up to the point at which the marginal product of labor equals the product price

the unemployment rate equals the number of unemployed divided by the ___________, all times 100

labor force

if technology advances, then:

more output can be obtained from the same inputs

john's disposable income increases by $1,000, and he spends $600 of it. john's:

mpc is 0.6 and he saves $400

in a closed economy, which of the following components of GDP is not included?

net exports

the purchase by a household in china of a cd produced in the US is included in US

net exports

to examine how the total production of an economy has changed over time, it would be better to examine

real GDP

suppose the labor force stays constant, and the working-age population stays constant, but a greater number of persons who were unemployed become employed. the labor force participation rate will

remain constant

in a simple closed economy, all investment spending must come from:

saving

which of the following do economists view as investment spending?

spending on physical capital

which of the following cannot be included in the Government Purchases G?

state governments transfer social security payment for the elderly

the outbreak of the bubonic plague in 1348 reduced the population of europe by about one-third within a few years, according to the neoclassical theory of distribution, which of the following is FALSE?

the marginal product of the capital increases

suppose that nominal GDP in 2018 was less than real GDP in 2018. given this information, we know for certain that

the price level in 2018 was less than the price level in the base year

suppose the marginal propensity to consume changes from 0.70 to 0.90. how will this affect the consumption function?

the slope will get steeper

if a country sold more goods and services to the rest of the world than it purchased from the other countries, then the country has a:

trade surplus

nominal GDP is GDP in a given year

valued in the prices of that year

in calculating GDP, the Bureau of Economic Analysis uses the sum of the market value of final goods and services produced. this means that the BEA

values goods and services at their market prices, multiplies them by the quantity produced, and then adds them up


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