James owns two houses. He rents one house to the Johnson family for $10,000 per year. He lives in the other house. If he were to rent the house in which he lives, he could earn $12,000 per year in rent. How much do the housing services provided by the two houses contribute to GDP?
a. $0
b. $10,000
c. $12,000
d. $22,000
d
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A) qualitative easing. B) quantitative easing. C) qualitative tightening. D) quantitative tightening.
The profits of the follower in a Stackelberg duopoly:
A. All the statements associated with this question are correct. B. are less than those of the leader. C. are greater than those of the leader. D. equal those of the leader.
If the cost of a market basket is $200 in 2006 and $230 in 2007, the price index for 2007 using 2006 as the base year is
A. 1.00. B. 1.15. C. 1.30. D. 2.00.
Suppose that 130 people are unemployed for part of a given year; 120 are unemployed for 1 month, and 10 are unemployed throughout the year. What percentage of total months of unemployment is attributable to the long-term unemployed?
A. 7.7 per cent B. 10 per cent C. 13 per cent D. 50 per cent