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Consider an economy that has a small number of large supermarkets and high barriers to entry to the supermarket industry. What type of market structure best describes this situation? Explain why.
What type of market structure would occur if the supermarkets combined into just one very large supermarket? What affect do you think this would have on prices and supermarket profits?
The following table reports key macroeconomic data for a particular economy.
Macroeconomic Data: 2019 |
|
Item |
Amount (millions of US dollars) |
Household Consumption |
896.2 |
Investment |
416.7 |
Government Consumption |
273.6 |
Government Investment |
13.6 |
Exports |
301.2 |
Imports |
265.9 |
Using the data in the table, calculate the value of GDP for 2019. (3 marks)
If the population of this country is 30 million, what is GDP per capita for this economy?
Explain what this measures.