Brief Principles of Macroeconomics (MindTap Course List)
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Which of the following would be captured and included in the calculation of GDP?
A) The cost of hospital stays.
The rise in life expectancy over time.
(C) Child care provided by a licensed day care center.
Child care provided by a grandmother at home.
A used car sale to the Brown family.
A new car sale to the Brown family.
(G) The greater variety of cheese available in supermarkets.
The iron that goes into the steel that goes into a refrigerator bought by the Brown family.
Although GDP is a reasonably good measure of a nation's economic well-being, it does not necessarily include all factors that contribute to it.
Which of the following factors are not accounted for in calculations of the GDP of Canada? Check all that apply.
The value of babysitting services, when the babysitter is paid in cash and the transaction isn't reported to the government
The parts of a car manufactured in Canada that are produced in the United States
The variety of goods available to consumers
The loss of enjoyment people suffer when scenic land is converted to commercial use
Federal government paycheques to soldiers
How would each of the following transactions affect the GDP of the United States (Increase, decrease, or does not
change)? The U.S. government pays $1 billion in salaries for government workers. GDP will... The U.S. government
pays $1 billion to Social Security recipients. GDP will... The U.S. government pays a U.S. firm $1 billion for newly
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Brief Principles of Macroeconomics (MindTap Course List)
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