33. The table provides some data for the United States in the first decade following the Civil...

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33. The table provides some data for the United States in the first decade following the Civil War. 1869 1879 Quantity of money $1.3 billion $1.7 billion Real GDP (1929 dollars) $7.4 billion Z Price level (1929 = 100) X 54 Velocity of circulation 4.50 4.61 Source of data: Milton Friedman and Anna J. Schwartz, A Monetary History of the United States 1867–1960

a. Calculate the value of X in 1869.

b. Calculate the value of Z in 1879.

c. Are the data consistent with the quantity theory of money? Explain your answer.

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Parkin Macroeconomics

ISBN: B0070OLVAC

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Authors: Michael Parkin

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