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- Billion of Dollars Composition Consumption 17. 4900 Investment 1300 Government expenditures 1200 1050 Exports Imports Net foreign factor income 950 20 Based on table 1, the value of GDP is C 7,400 C 6,200 O 7,500 O 8,4504. Deriving net exports By definition, net exports from Japan are equal to exports from Japan minus imports into Japan. In a hypotheticall two-country world, imports into Japan are equal to exports from the United States. So the value for net exports from Japan is equal to exports from Japani minus exports from the United States, Graphically, at each exchange rate, the value for net exports is the horizontal distance from U.S. exports to Japanese exports. Use the graph input tool to answer the following questions. You will not be graded on any changes you make to this graph. (Note: To avoid dealing with decimal places, this calculator reports the price of yen in terms of dollars per 1,000 yen. That is, the price on the vertical axis is the dollar price of a 1,000-yen note instead of a single yen. As you have already seen, a price of 8 dollars per 1,000 yen is the same as 125 yen per dollar. Once you enter a value in a white field, the graph and any corresponding amounts in each grey…5. You are given the following information about an economy: $millions GDP at Market Prices 1,,669.4 Imports 290.5 Gross Domestic Capital Formation 48.7 Income accruing to the Public Sector 39.0 Retained Business Earnings 75.9 Exports 273.4 Subsidies 16.8 Factor Payments from Abroad 10.0…
- 5. You are given the following information about an economy: $millions GDP at Market Prices 1,,669.4 Imports 290.5 Gross Domestic Capital Formation 48.7 Income accruing to the Public Sector 39.0 Retained Business Earnings 75.9 Exports 273.4 Subsidies 16.8 Factor Payments from Abroad 10.0…2. In a farway country, banana is the most important crop exported to rest of the world. Data about economic indicators for farway country are given in Table 1. Table 1: Macro Economic Indicators of Farway Country (all figures in million $) Consumption Investment Expenditure Expenditure Year Government Expenditure Exports Imports 2012-13 100 20 50 60 70 2013-14 120 25 60 65 75 2014-15 140 30 70 65 78 2015-16 160 28 40 50 75 2016-17 165 25 30 45 75 2017-18 170 24 20 40 80 2018-19 170 20 20 35 80 In recent years, a life style change, leading to more consumption of processed food, than raw food has led to reduction in demand for Bananas for consumption. Since the manufacturing sector in Farway Country is not developed, the country has to import most of its processed food needs, leading to increase in imports. The Government of Farway country is contemplating inviting foreign investors to establish industries to manufacture banana products such as candies, marshmallows, chips, cookies ete.…If Nike, an American corporation, produces t-shirts in China this would O Add to China's GDP but not the US' GDP. O Add to neither U.S. GDP nor China's GDP. O Count as part of U.S. GDP since it is a U.S. corporation. O Count for both China's GDP and U.S. GDP.
- - Principles 1 S121/22 of EconomiCS What is the impact on the labour market due to a decrease in the demand for exports? Select one: labour demand shifts to the right; wage rate increases and level of employment increases O b. labour supply shifts to the right; wage rate decreases and level of employment is higher labour supply shifts to the left; wage rate increases and level of employment is lower Od. labour demand shifts to the left; wage rate decreases and level of employment decreases Nex page our on this page 乙 Type here to search home prt sc F8 64 F5 F4 F3 5.10 In today's world markets, China tends to rely primarily on exports of () A. agricultural products. B. primary products. C. mineral products. D. manufactured products.1.Recently, Hong Kong is undergoing several protests against the extradition bills. (Note: define the Hong Kong as a home country and Japan as foreign country.) Explain in words how this political event affects (i) the amount of net exports of Japan, the safe haven country, and (ii) the value Japanese Yen (JPY) relative to other currencies. 2. Thanks to the establishment of Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), the Thai governments propose to offer tax breaks for certain years to attract foreign companies to construct their production sites. Explain in words how this change in fiscal policy affects the national saving (S), domestic gross investment (I!), net capital outflow (NKO), the real interest rate (?), the real exchange rate, (e") and the trade balance of Thailand.
- 4.Explain why tourism satellite accounts are useful and give examples for direct and indirect effects (two examples for each).Price (Php/kg) 20 25 Quantity Supplied (qs) of Palay in Luzon (in billion kg) 11 12 Quantity Supplied (qs) of Palay in Visayas (in billion kg) 4. Compute and interpret from PhP 20 to PhP 25. 3.0 3.5 Quantity Supplied (qs) of Palay in Mindanao (in billion kg) 4.0 4.5 Quantity Supplied (qs) of Palay in the Philippines (in billion kg) 1. In one figure, graph the supply curve in Luzon (sL), Visayas (SV), Mindanao (SM) and the market supply curve in the Philippines (SP). 2. Express the individual supply curves and the market supply curve in equation form. 3. Interpret the slope and the intercept of the market supply curve. the point elasticity of market supply of palay as price increases1. The curves showing the various quantities of goods and services that domestic consumers, businesses, the government, and foreign buyers collectively want to buy, at each price level, establish that: a. the higher the price level, the lower the real GDP these buyers will acquire; therefore, the lower the price level, the lower the actual production they buy b. the lower the price level, the greater the real GDP that these buyers will acquire; therefore, the higher the price level, the higher the actual output they buy c. the lower the price level, the greater the real GDP that these buyers will acquire; on the contrary, the higher the price level, the lower the real production they buy d. the higher the price level, the greater the real GDP that these buyers will acquire; therefore, the lower the price level, the lower the actual production they buy 2. The quantity of labor supplied increases when the real wage increases by: a. the increase in the labor force participation rate and…