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Department of Economics
Economics 205
Midterm Examination II
Instructions: Ensure your mobile phone is turned off. Remove all head ware. Calculators and
other electronic aids are not permitted. Answer the multiple choice questions on the bubble
sheets and the analytical (short answer) questions in the examination booklet provided.
Ensure that both your name and student number are on the bubble sheet and examination
booklet. Read through the exam before starting and allocate your time appropriately. There are
two sections: I. Multiple choice and II. Analytical questions. You have 1 hour and 20 minutes to
complete the exam.
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5. GNP equals GDP ______ income earned domestically by foreigners ______ income that
nationals earn abroad.
plus; plus
minus; minus
minus; plus
plus; minus
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B)
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6. Okun's Law is the _______ relationship between real GDP and the _________.
negative; unemployment rate
negative; inflation rate
positive; unemployment rate
positive; inflation rate
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B)
C)
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7. A farmer grows wheat and sells it to a miller for $1; the miller turns the wheat into flour
and sells it to a baker for $3; the baker uses the flour to make bread and sells the bread
for $6. The value added by the miller is:
$1.
$2.
$3.
$6.
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10. If the money supply increases 12 percent, velocity decreases 4 percent, and the price
level increases 5 percent, then the change in real GDP must be ______ percent.
A) 3
B) 4
C) 9
D) 11
11. If the real return on government bonds is 3 percent and the expected rate of inflation is 4
percent, then the cost of holding money is ______ percent.
A) 1
B) 3
C) 4
D) 7
12. In a small open economy, if exports equal $20 billion, imports equal $30 billion, and
domestic national saving equals $25 billion, then net capital outflow equals:
A) $25 billion.
B) $10 billion.
C) $10 billion.
D) $25 billion.
13. A trade deficit can be financed in all of the following methods except by:
A) borrowing from foreigners.
B) selling domestic assets to foreigners.
C) selling foreign assets owned by domestic residents to foreigners.
D) borrowing from domestic lenders.
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14. (Exhibit: Saving and Investment in a Small Open Economy) In a small open economy if
the world interest rate is r1, then the economy has:
A) a trade surplus.
B) balanced trade.
C) a trade deficit.
D) negative capital outflows.
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15. (Exhibit: Policies Influence Real Exchange Rate) Which of the graphs illustrates the
impact on the real exchange rate of contractionary fiscal at home, in the basic version of
the small open economy model?
A) (A)
B) (B)
C) (C)
D) (D)
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II.
Analytical Questions
16. In September 1995, Patrick Buchanan, a Republican candidate for U.S. president, proposed a 10
percent tariff on Japanese imports to the United States, a 20 percent tariff on Chinese imports to
the United States, and an unspecified social tariff on imports from third-world countries.
a. Use the long-run model of a small open economy to illustrate graphically the impact of
these trade policies on the U.S. exchange rate and the trade balance. Assume that the
country starts from a position of trade balance, i.e., exports equal imports. Be sure to label:
i. the axes
ii. the curves
iii. the initial equilibrium values
iv. the direction the curves shift
v. the new long-run equilibrium values.
b. Based on your graphical analysis, explain the predicted impact of Mr. Buchanan's proposed
policies. Specifically state what happens to the exchange rate, the trade balance, the volume
of imports, and the volume of exports.
17. Assume that the demand for real money balance (M/P) is M/P = 0.6Y 100i, where Y is
national income and i is the nominal interest rate. The real interest rate r is fixed at 3
percent by the investment and saving functions. The expected inflation rate equals the
rate of nominal money growth.
a.
b.
If Y is 1,000, M is 100, and the growth rate of nominal money is 1 percent, what
must i and P be?
If Y is 1,000, M is 100, and the growth rate of nominal money is 2 percent, what
must i and P be?
18. Suppose a government education program succeeds in getting households to save more
(you may interpret this as a downward shift in the consumption function).
a.
Using the long-run model of the economy developed in Chapter 3,
graphically illustrate the affect of the higher saving rate by households. Be
sure to label:
i. the axes
ii. the curves
iii. the initial equilibrium values
iv. the direction curves shift
v. the terminal equilibrium values.
b.
State in words what happens to:
i. the real interest rate
ii. national saving
iii. investment
iv. consumption
v. output.
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19. Explain why the value of GDP in 2014 would or would not change as a result of each of
the following transactions:
a. In 2014, the Smith family purchases a new house that was built in
2014.
b. In 2014, the Jones family purchases a house that was built in 2001.
c. In 2014, a construction company purchases windows to put in the
Smith family home that was built in 2014.
d. In 2014, Mr. Jones paints all of the rooms of the Jones family house
purchased in 2014.
e. In 2014, Mr. Smith uses an online brokerage service to purchase shares
of stock in a construction company.
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Answer Key
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b. Under Mr. Buchanan's policy, the dollar exchange rate would appreciate but the trade
balance would remain unchanged. However, the volume of imports will decrease (because
of the tariffs) and the volume of exports will decrease by the same amount (because of the
appreciation of the exchange rate).
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17. a.
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i = 4 percent, P =
b.
i = 5 percent, P = 1
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b.
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