Why is GDP a monetary measure?
What will be an ideal response?
GDP is a monetary measure to make it possible to compare the relative worth of a diverse collection of goods and services over time. It is not possible to count the number of goods and compare them because the types of goods change over time. It is possible to count the number of goods and attach monetary values to them to reflect their relative worth and then compare the value of the output at different points in time.
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When Dale buys a new computer for $1,000 using a credit card,
A) his bank account decreases by $1,000. B) he is taking out a loan for $1,000. C) the credit card is acting as money. D) the money supply decreases by $1,000. E) the credit card is performing the function of an unit of account.
Your friend has just received a new book he ordered and you want to borrow it. Your friend values reading the book at $10, while you are willing to pay a maximum amount of $15 to read it
a) What is the equilibrium outcome in this case? b) Will the outcome be any different if you own a book that your friend wants to read? Assume that the value that each of you places on this book is the same as that you placed on the previous book.
The relationship between the marginal propensity to consume and the marginal propensity to save is such that
a. MPC – MPS = 0. b. MPC + MPS = 1. c. MPC – MPS = 1. d. MPC = 1/MPS.
The supply-of-money curve is almost perfectly inelastic because:
a. as interest rates rise, people will want to be supplied with more loans b. the Fed makes more money available in response to higher interest rates. c. banks generally find loans more profitable than keeping their assets as cash in their vaults or reserve deposits at the Fed, whether interest rates are 4% or 10%. d. the Fed lowers the discount rate as interest rates rise.