Question

Part 1

Calculate the missing values in the table below. Then answer the questions that follow it. GDP are in billions of dollars and the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a percentage. CPI for 2001 is 98.6

Year Nominal GDP CPI RealGDP ri

2002 $10,469.58 Billion 100.0

2003 $10,971.34 Billion 102.3

2004 $11,734.30 Billion    105.0

2005 $12,601.00 Billion 108.6

All figures must be calculated to 2 decimal places and in the correct formats on a separate paper. You must show your work for all calculations in order to receive credit for the problem. DO NOT FILL IN THE TABLE. WORK PROBLEMS ON SEPARATE PAPER AND PRODUCE ANSWERS THERE!

a. Has there been any span of years, IN ONE YEAR INCREMENTS, within the table over which nominal GDP changed in one direction, but real GDP changed in the opposite direction? (Examples of what a span of years is, that are not included in this table would be 1990-1991 or 1996-1997.) Explain why or why not.

b. Has there been inflation over each span of years in the table? Explain why or why not.

Part 2

Exchange rate sample problems:

STARTING RATE LATER AFTER TIME HAS PASSED

a. Rate I: USD $1.54 = GBP £1.00 Rate II: USD $1.39 = GBP £1.00   PJeans (US Export) = USD $35.00 PSuit (UK Export) = £180.00

b. Rate I: USD $1.28 = EUR €1.00 Rate II: USD $1.45 = EUR €1.00

PDesk (US Export) = USD $345.00 PCoffee Maker (EU Export) = €50.00

c. Rate I: USD $1.00 = CNY 9.20元 Rate II: USD $1.00 = CNY 8.75 元

PBushel of Corn (US Export) = USD $45.00 PFlat-Screen TV (Chinese Export) = 12,500.00 元

Calculate the price of each nation’s exported good in terms of the other nation’s currency for BOTH EXCHANGE RATES (THERE WILL BE 4 CALCULATIONS IN EACH SECTION a, b, and c AS A RESULT). For Each Problem, based upon how the prices change from rate I to rate II, determine for each nation the impact on Net Export Spending,Total Spending, GDP, and AD. Make sure TO USE THE APPROPRIATE CURRENCY SYMBOLS FOR THE BRITISH POUND, THE EURO, AND THE CHINESE YUAN RENMINBI.

Answer 1

Part 1:

Real GDP = Nominal GDP * (Base Year CPI / Current Year CPI)
= Nominal GDP * (98.6 / Current Year CPI)

ri = Inflation Rate = Percentage Change in CPI.

Year	Nominal GDP ($ Billion)	CPI	Real GDP ($ Billion)	ri
2001		98.60
2002	10469.58	100.00	10323.01	1.42%
2003	10971.34	102.30	10574.53	2.30%
2004	11734.30	105.00	11019.07	2.64%
2005	12601.00	108.60	11440.69	3.43%

(a) According to the calculations above, we can see that there is no opposite movements in the Nominal and Real GDP since CPI has changed in the same direction as the change in the Nominal GDP.

(b) Yes, there has been inflation over each span of years in the table. As we can see in the table above, there is a rise in the CPI depicting an inflation over the years.

Workings: