The table below shows the national accounts for a hypothetical
economy, Macronia.
($ billions) | |
Government purchases | 17 |
Proprietors' income and rents | 11 |
Exports | 5 |
Indirect taxes | 9 |
Gross investment | 13 |
Wages and salaries | 29 |
Corporate income | 21 |
Imports | 5 |
Net investment | 9 |
Personal consumption | 30 |
Statistical discrepancy | ? |
a. The expenditure-based estimate of Macronia's GDP is
$ billion.
b. The income-based estimate of Macronia's GDP is
$ billion.
c. The value of the statistical discrepancy which is added to the
lower estimate and subtracted from the higher estimate to find a
single GDP value is $ billion.
d. Macronia's GDP is $ billion.
e. The value of Macronia's depreciation is
$ billion.
a. Expenditure based GDP = Govt. purchases + (Exports - Imports) + Gross Investment + Personal Consumption
= 17 + 0+ 13 + 30
= $60
b.
Income based GDP:
NDP at FC = Proprietors' income and rents + Wages and salaries + Corporate income
= 11 + 29 + 21
= 61
Depreciation = Gross Investment - Net Investment = 13 - 9 = 4
GDP at MP = NDP at FC + depreciation + Indirect taxes
= 61 + 4 + 9
= 74
c.
Statistical Discrepancy = GDP expenditure - GDP income
= 60 - 74
= -14
d.
Macronia's GDP = Govt. purchases + (Exports - Imports) + Gross Investment + Personal Consumption
= 17 + 0+ 13 + 30
= $60
e.
Depreciation = Gross Investment - Net Investment = 13 - 9 = 4
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