Microeconomics

Which of the following is a flow variable?

A. The value of the house in which you live

B. The balance in your savings account

C. Your monthly consumption of hamburgers

D. The number of hamburgers in your refrigerator at the beginning of the month

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Incorrect. The correct answer is C. As explained in Section 2-1, a flow is a quantity measured per unit time and a stock is a quantity measured at a given point in time.

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Which of the following is not a stock variable?

A. Government debt

B. The labor force

C. The amount of money held by the public

D. Inventory investment

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Correct. The answer is D. Inventory investment is a quantity measured per unit time, so it is a flow variable. See Section 2-1.

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GDP is

A. a stock.

B. a flow.

C. both a stock and a flow.

D. neither a stock nor a flow.

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Correct. The answer is B. GDP is a quantity measured per unit time, so it is a flow. See Section 2-1.

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GDP measures

A. expenditure on all final goods and services.

B. total income of everyone in the economy.

C. total value-added by all firms in the economy.

D. all of the above.

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Incorrect. The correct answer is D. See Section 2-1 for a discussion of what GDP measures.

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Suppose that a farmer grows wheat and sells it to a baker for $1, the baker makes bread and sells it to a store for $2, and the store sells it to the customer for $3. This transaction increases GDP by

A. $1.

B. $2.

C. $3.

D. $6.

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Correct. The answer is C. As explained in Section 2-1, GDP includes only the value of final goods. Therefore, this transaction increases GDP by $3.

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Which of the following is not included in GDP?

A. The salary paid to a federal judge

B. The value of housing...