In a business cycle, what are the features of stages of expansion? a) Rise in national output, Rise in consumer expenditure, Bank advances grow rapidly. b) Rise in national output, Rise in capital expenditure, Bank advances grow rapidly. c) Rise in national output, Rise in consumer and capital expenditure, Bank advances grow slowly. d) Rise in national output, Rise in consumer and capital expenditure, Bank advances grow rapidly.

12. Suppose an economy represented by the graph below started with K = 25, so it was in a steady state, but then disaster struck and most of the capital was destroyed. (Assume that no people were hurt so the labor force is the same size.) dK 25 K After the disaster would we expect the economy to grow or shrink? a. grow, I> dK b. grow, I dK d. shrink, I< dK

In 2018, India was the world’s seventh largest economy, with a $2.69 trillion GDP (as measured in U.S. dollars). India was also one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, with an annual growth rate of real GDP of 7.3%. a. If the country maintains the same growth rate, how many years will it take for India’s GDP to double? b. Bangladesh’s GDP was $286.27 billion, but its growth rate was equal to India’s. How many years will it take for Bangladesh’s economy to double? c. Although Bangladesh and India have the same annual growth rate, their economies are much different in size. How can you explain the size difference to someone who is unfamiliar with scaling large numbers? Which strategies would you use?