1. Suppose an economy's real GDP is $30,000 in year 1 and $31,200 in year 2. What is the growth rate of its real GDP? Assume that population was 100 in year 1 and 102 in year 2. What is the growth rate of GDP per capita? 2. What are the four phases of the business cycle? How long do business cycles last? How do seasonal variations and secular trends complicate measurement of the business cycle? Why does the business cycle affect output and employment in capital goods and consumer durable goods industries more severely than in industries producing non-durables? 3. Use the following data to calculate (a) the size of the labor force and (b) the official unemployment rate: total population, 500; population under 16 years of age or institutionalized, 120; not in labor force, 150; unemployed, 23; part-time workers looking for full-time jobs, 10. 4. Assume that in a particular year the natural rate of unemployment is 5 percent and the actual rate of unemployment is 9 percent. Use Okun's law to determine the size of the GDP gap in percentage-point terms. If the nominal GDP is $500 billion in that year, how much output is being foregone because of cyclical unemployment? 5. The table below shows the price index in the economy at the end of four different years. (a) What is the rate of inflation in years 2, 3, and 4? (b) Using the "rule of 70," how many years would it take for the prices to double at each of these three inflation rates? Year Price index 1 100 2 108 3 120 4 132 Rate of inflation Years to double ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 6. Assume that the five residents of Econoville receive incomes of $50, $75, $125, $250, and $500. Present the resulting personal distribution of income as a graph similar to Figure 4.2. Compare the incomes of the lowest and highest fifth of the income receivers. 7. Suppose in Fiscalville there is no tax on the first $10,000 of income, but a 20 percent tax on earnings between $10,000- 20,000 and a 30 percent tax on income between $20,000 and $30,000. Any income above $30,000 is taxed at 40 percent. If your income is $50,000, how much in taxes will you pay? Determine your marginal and average tax rates. Is it a progressive tax? Explain. \ Income bracket MT% MT$ Total Tax $ AT% 8. Take information about the new tax laws from State Bank's website or Finance Ministry and recreate the tables discussed in class showing all the calculations (you may also refer to the budget)