100 $2.00 180 2007 $5.00 120 $2.50 200 2008 $6.00 150 $3.50 200 (a) Compute the growth rate of real GDP of Year 2007. (b) Compute the inflation rate of Year 2008, using GDP deflator as a measure of general price level. (c) Suppose that the CPI is calculated using a market basket consisting of 150 Sandwiches and measure of general

Price Quantity Year (Dollars per sticker) (Number of stickers) 2020 3 210 2021 2 150 2022 3 125 Year 2020 2021 Use the information from the preceding table to fill in the following table. 2022 Stickers From 2021 to 2022, nominal GDP Nominal GDP Real GDP (Dollars) (Base year 2020, dollars) GDP Deflator The inflation rate in 2022 was Price (Dollars per paper plate) and real GDP 4 4 Paper plates 4 Why is real GDP a more accurate measure of an economy's production than nominal GDP? Quantity (Number of paper plates) 180 Nominal GDP is adjusted for the effects of inflation or deflation, whereas real GDP is not. O Real GDP is not influenced by price changes, but nominal GDP is. O Real GDP includes the value of exports, but nominal GDP does not. 200 180

2a. Compute the price index for each year. Use the first year as the base year. What was the inflationrate between the two years.Item Quantity Unit Price-Last Year Unit Price-This YearCoffee 20 pounds $3.00 $4.00Tuition 1 year 4,000.00 7,000.00Pizza 100 pizzas 8.00 10.00VCR rental 75 days 15.00 10.00Vacation 2 weeks 300.00 500.00

Question 2 Part (a) Refer to the table below for a very simple economy producing three goods: education, pizzas and cars. Steel panels are needed for car production, cheese is necessary for making pizzas and projectors are used for educational service. Product Steel panels Education Cars Cheese Pizzas Projectors Quantity 40 400 400 2500 2500 4000 2017 Price $5000 $1000 $10000 $1.50 $9.00 $2000 Quantity 50 450 500 3500 3500 5000 2022 Price $6000 $1100 $12000 $1.50 $12.00 $3000 What is the nominal GDP for the economy in 2022? What was the nominal GDP in 2017? What is the real GDP in 2022 using 2017 prices as base year prices? What is the overall real GDP growth rate between 2022 and 2017? Part (b) Assume for an economy, there are 11.5 million people employed, unemployment rate is 5.2%, labor force participation rate is 64%, number of defence force personnel