Why should the aggregate final expenditure of an economy be equal to the aggregate factor payments? Explain.
In a sectors economy, consisting of households and firms, the only way in which the households can dispose their income is on the goods and services produced by the firms. The factors of production use their remuneration to purchase goods and services. Thus, the income will come back to the producers in the form of sales revenue. So, there is no difference between the amount that firms distribute in the form of factor payments and consumption expenditure incurred by the households. The same process continues year after year.
However, if there has been any leakage in the form of savings, imports or taxes, then there arises a difference between the aggregate consumption expenditure and aggregate factor payments. In the case of some leakage, the households will spend less than their factors income. Consequently, the firms will receive lesser amounts in the form of revenue, which will reduce the production level and employment level. This process will continue in every successive round and production and employment levels will continue to drop. Thus, the equality between the aggregate consumption expenditure and the aggregate factor payment is very necessary for the smooth functioning of the economy.
Write down some of the limitations of using GDP as an index of welfare of a country.
From the following data, calculate Personal Income and Personal Disposable Income.
Rs (crore)
(a) Net Domestic Product at factor cost 8,000
(b) Net Factor Income from abroad 200
(c) Undisbursed Profit 1,000
(d) Corporate Tax 500
(e) Interest Received by Households 1,500
(f) Interest Paid by Households 1,200
(g) Transfer Income 300
(h) Personal Tax 500
In a single day Raju, the barber, collects Rs 500 from haircuts; over this day, his equipment depreciates in value by Rs 50. Of the remaining Rs 450, Raju pays sales tax worth Rs 30, takes home Rs 200 and retains Rs 220 for improvement and buying of new equipment. He further pays Rs 20 as income tax from his income. Based on this information, complete Raju’s contribution to the following measures of income (a) Gross Domestic Product (b) NNP at market price (c) NNP at factor cost (d) Personal income (e) Personal disposable income.
Distinguish between stock and flow. Between net investment and capital which is a stock and which is a flow? Compare net investment and capital with flow of water into a tank.
Write down the three identities of calculating the GDP of a country by the three methods. Also briefly explain why each of these should give us the same value of GDP.
What is the difference between planned and unplanned inventory accumulation? Write down the relation between change in inventories and value added of a firm.
Define budget deficit and trade deficit. The excess of private investment over saving of a country in a particular year was Rs 2,000 crores. The amount of budget deficit was ( – ) Rs 1,500 crores. What was the volume of trade deficit of that country?
Suppose the GDP at market price of a country in a particular year was Rs 1,100 crores. Net Factor Income from Abroad was Rs 100 crores. The value of Indirect taxes – Subsidies was Rs 150 crores and National Income was Rs 850 crores. Calculate the aggregate value of depreciation.
The value of the nominal GNP of an economy was Rs 2,500 crores in a particular year. The value of GNP of that country during the same year, evaluated at the prices of same base year, was Rs 3,000 crores. Calculate the value of the GNP deflator of the year in percentage terms. Has the price level risen between the base year and the year under consideration?
What are the four factors of production and what are the remunerations to each of these called?
What is marginal propensity to consume? How is it related to marginal propensity to save?
Explain why public goods must be provided by the government.
Differentiate between balance of trade and current account balance.
What is a barter system? What are its drawbacks?
What is the difference between microeconomics and macroeconomics?
What is the difference between ex ante investment and ex post investment?
Distinguish between revenue expenditure and capital expenditure.
What are official reserve transactions? Explain their importance in the balance of payments.
What are the main functions of money? How does money overcome the shortcomings of a barter system?
What are the important features of a capitalist economy?
Are fiscal deficits inflationary?
What are official reserve transactions? Explain their importance in the balance of payments.
Why is the open economy autonomous expenditure multiplier smaller than the closed economy one?
What is a barter system? What are its drawbacks?
Would the central bank need to intervene in a managed floating system? Explain why.
Distinguish between the nominal exchange rate and the real exchange rate. If you were to decide whether to buy domestic goods or foreign goods, which rate would be more relevant? Explain.
Explain why the tax multiplier is smaller in absolute value than the government expenditure multiplier.
Explain ‘Paradox of Thrift’.
Explain the relation between government deficit and government debt.
Differentiate between devaluation and depreciation.