A. one country will always have 2 percent more real GDP/person than the other
B. the standard of living in the country growing at 4 percent will start to accelerate away from the slower growing country due to compound growth
C. the standard of living in the two countries will converge
D. Next year the country growing at 4 percent will have twice the GDP/person as the country growing at 2 percent
Related Mcqs:
- If in Pakistan real GDP/person in 2004 is Rs18,073 and real GDP/person is 2005 is Rs18,635 What is the growth rate of real output per person over this period ?
A. 3.1 percent
B. 3.0 percent
C. 18.6 percent
D. 18.0 percent - Real GDP is nominal GDP measured in constant ?
A. taxes
B. prices
C. exchange rates
D. interest rates - Real GDP is measured in __________ prices while nominal GDP is measured in _________ prices?
A. foreign; domestic
B. current year; base year
C. domestic; foreign
D. base year; current year
E. intermediate; final - For the United States suppose the annual interest rate on government securities equals 8 percent while the annual inflation rate equals 4 percent, For Switzerland the annual interest rate on government securities equal 10 percent while the annual inflation rate equals 7 percent the above variables would cause investment funds to flow from ?
A. the United States to Switzerland causing the dollar to depreciate
B. the United States to Switzerland causing the dollar to appreciate
C. Switzerland to the United States causing the franc to depreciate
D. Switzerland to the United States causing the franc to appreciate - For the United States suppose the annual interest rate on government securities equals 12 percent while the annual inflation rate equals 8 percent For Japan the annual interest rate on government securities equals 10 percent while the annual inflation rate equals 5 percent the above variables would cause investment funds to flow from ?
A. The United States to Japan causing the dollar to depreciate
B. The United States to Japan causing the dollar to appreciate
C. The Japan to United States, causing the dollar to depreciate
D. The Japan to United States, causing the dollar to appreciate - If GDP for Palau a small country near southeast of the Philippines is $130 million in 2012 and its population is 20,000 GDP per capita is ?
A. 6500
B. 130
C. 0.0065
D. 650 - IF GDP for Maldivies is $435 million in 2012 and the GDP per capita is $1576.087 the population of the country must be ?
A. 276,000
B. 1576,086
C. 0.276
D. 3.623 - When free trade areas are set up the member countries trade with each other grows faster than their trade with other countries This is due to what economist call ?
A. trade diversion
B. trade channeling
C. trade creation and trade diversion
D. trade creation - If GDP for Barbados is $260 million in 2011 and its population is 260,000 GDP per capita is ?
A. 1000
B. 260
C. 0.001
D. 259740 - If nominal GDP in 2005 exceeds nominal GDP in 2004, then the production of output ?
A. must have fallen
B. must have risen
C. must have stayed the same
D. may have risen fallen, or stayed the same because there is not enough information to determine what happened to real output
