3. (20 points, true story, made up numbers) You're a senior economist work- ing at the IMF...
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3. (20 points, true story, made up numbers) You're a senior economist work-
ing at the IMF (making $200,000 USD, tax free), and you have just been
told you have to fly to a country on the cusp of a civil war for two weeks to
review Article 4 mission. Once you get there you realize they have
not constructed GDP. The economy is under an embargo with no trade
or foreign financial flows. You get the below data based on agricultural,
manufacturing and retail sectors. As soon as you get all the data, tanks
roll up to your hotel and UN officials evacuate you out the back door to
the airport and you fly back to D.C.. Once back you calculate and report
GDP for your Article 4 report using the following data:
Agricultural sector
Total Output
$60.0
Wages
$15.0
Interest on Loan
$1.5
Indirect Taxes
$4.5
Manufacturing sector
Total Output
$90.0
Cost of agricultural goods
$36.0
Wages
$12.0
Indirect Taxes
$9.0
Government (Military)
Tax Revenue
$16.5
Wages
$16.5
Consumers
Wage Income
$43.5
Interest Income
$1.5
Profits
$72.0
Taxes
$3.0
(a) Calculate GDP based on the expenditure method.
(b) Calculate GDP based on the income method.
(c) Calculate GDP based on the value added method