1.1. Assume there are only two goods in the economy, french fries and onion rings. In 2006,...

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1.1. Assume there are only two goods in the economy, french fries and onion rings. In 2006, 1,000,000 servings of french fries were sold at $0.40 each and 800,000 servings of onion rings at $0.60 each. From 2006 to 2007, the price of french fries rose by 25% and the servings sold fell by 10%; the price of onion rings fell by 15% and the servings sold rose by 5%.

a. Calculate nominal GDP in 2006 and 2007. Calculate real GDP in 2007 using 2006 prices.

b. Why would an assessment of growth using nominal GDP be misguided?

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Economics

ISBN: 978-0716771586

2nd Edition

Authors: Paul Krugman ,Robin Wells

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