What are the uses of National Income figures? Before understanding the uses of National Income figures it is of the utmost importance to define National Income and the three methods used to calculate it. National Income is the aggregate money value of goods and services produced by the factors of production over a given period of time in a country. It is the annual report and as a result it is referred as the real income‚ that is‚ income measured in terms of goods and services. When there is income
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public does not directly hold any cash. Also‚ suppose all banks hold excess reserves equal to 4% of deposits and the required reserve ratio is 5%. a. (5 pts.) Calculate the money multiplier. b. (5 pts.) What is the total money supply (or money stock)? c. (10 pts.) Bank of America (BOA) has $300 million in deposits and $10 million in net worth. Draw a balance sheet for BOA. Now suppose that all banks in the economy decide to reduce excess reserves to just 1%. d
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distribution and spending habits or how the community consumes money‚ materials‚ services‚ etc.‚ within a community or country. The economy is divided into two separate parts: Microeconomics (the study of behaviors concerning decision-making or demands of consumers) and Macroeconomics (the study of behaviors concerning financial changes or trends within the community or country). The purpose of this paper is to try and provide some clarity to the fundamental principles of Macroeconomics. The
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1. Suppose there are 100 consumers with identical individual demand curves. When the price of a movie ticket is $8‚ the quantity demanded for each person is 5. When the price is $4‚ the quantity demanded for each person is 9. Assuming the law of demand holds‚ which of the following choices is the most likely quantity demanded in the market when the price is $6? Explain and show calculations‚ While the question asks of the choices given what the quantity demanded will be‚ there are no choices
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there is discrimination against them in other areas of the city. Rents paid are a very high percent of peoples’ incomes. (a) Would the demand for apartments in this area be relatively inelastic or relatively elastic? State why. (b) Would the supply of apartments in this area be relatively inelastic or relatively elastic? State why. 1 (c) Draw the demand and supply curves as you have described them‚ showing the initial equilibrium price and quantity. Label carefully. (d) Now assume the government
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Minitab to find the significance level for the test. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Click on Stat. Click on Basic Statistics. Click on Display Descriptive Statistics We need to get a value for the standard deviation in order to conduct the test. Double-click FILL. Click the OK button (note the value for the sample standard deviation‚ .512 for this example). Click on Stat. Click on Basic Statistics. We will use a large sample test of a population mean because our
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Question 1: At the Portland Fish Exchange‚ each day some amount of cod is brought to market. Supply is perfectly inelastic at that amount. How much cod is caught and brought to market varies day to day. Assuming the demand curve does not vary over time‚ use a supply and demand diagram to illustrate how the price is determined on different days. Explain how this process allows us to identify different points on the demand curve. Question 2: Consider the CEO compensation regression results on p.68
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services are determined in markets B. private firms and households respond to taxes and subsidies C. people make choices in the presence of scarcity and the results of those choices. D. interest rates and exchange rates are determined 2. The scarcity principle implies that A. people will never be satisfied with what they have B. as wealth increases‚ making choices becomes less necessary C. the prices of scarce goods must rise due to excess demand D. choices must be made
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Lecture 5: Markets and Demand Money. -Barter requires no special tools. -Buying and selling requires money. -Selling means obtaining money in exchange for goods. -Buying is the opposite. -Commodity money: salt‚ gold. -Fiat money: modern money. Has no value of its own (paper or computer memory)‚ its declared to be money by the government or other institution. Acceptance of money. -Why do people accept paper money? We accept it because we know others will accept it. -Bitcoin: money invented
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be hard to grasp since we depend up gas for all our every day use one way or another. (Wrigley‚ S‚ Hess A E.M s‚ and‚ Sauter M B‚ (2013) Gas Prices Expecting another Surge Soon With the rising price for crude oil and the fall in the U.S. supplies is causing the wholesale prices on gas to rise up sharply and there has not yet been any fully reflect on the retail level yet. The prices at our gas pumps has increase by 7 cents compared to the last week of the national average‚ which was $3.55
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