The Desert Republic produces only sheep and oil. The base year is 2010 and the table below gives the quantities produced and the market prices. 2010 Sheep Oil Price $104 per sheep $28 per barrel Quantities 10.193 sheep 13,306 barrels 2020 Sheep Oil $126 per sheep $57 per barrel 12,884 sheep 11.148 barrels Calculate nominal GDP in 2020

The exports of Uruguay, a developing country, are made essentially of primary commodities. A comparison between export prices received by Uruguay and the price paid for its imports shows the following: on average export prices rose 40% between 2000 and 2010, while import prices went up by 150%. Index quantities exported by the country were Qx = 15 (in 2000), and Qx = 30 (in 2010).   Uruguay’s income terms of trade (ITT) in 2000, was:   Group of answer choices   100.   1,680.   2,000.   250.   1,500.

You are employed by the state bureau of economic development. There is a demand for a leading economic index to review past economic activity and to forecast future economic trends in the state. You decide that several key factors should be included in the index: number of new businesses started during the year, number of business failures, state income tax receipts, college enrollment, and the state sales tax receipts. Here are the data for 2000 and 2018. New businesses Business failures State income tax receipts ($ millions) College student enrollment State sales tax ($ millions) Click here for the Excel Data File Leading economic indicator The weights you assign are: new businesses 17%, business failures 10%, income tax 34%, enrollment 14% and sales tax 25%. b. Compute the leading economic indicator for 2018. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) 2000 1,125 592 196.2 242,159 46.1 Economic activity has 2018 1,059 286 178.8 291,079 66.7 c. Interpret the indexes. (Round your answer…

Consider the data in the following table, which represents the total production of the country Byzantium, a country that produces only consumer goods. Table 1: Byzantium 2018 2019 2020 Quantity of Y 100 105 103 Quantity of X 5 3 1 Price of Y $5 $5 $5 Price of X $100 $105 $110 1. Calculate the nominal GDP for all three years ( 2. Calculate real GDP for all three years, using 2018 as the base year 3. Calculate the GDP deflator, using 2018 as the base year. Identify whether there was inflation from the previous year (*