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Macroeconomics: Theory and Applications

G.S. Gupta

Chapter 4

Money, Fiscal and Foreign Sector Variables - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

07:16

Problem 1

Some of the current macroeconomic data for the Wonderdesh economy are as follows:
$\mathrm{GDP}=6500$
Consumption expenditure $=4550$
Government expenditure $=1120$
Tax revenue $=450$
(exports of invisibles)
Proceeds from PSU dis-investments $=5$ Net unilateral credits $=50$
Government interest payments $=325 \quad$ Capital account surplus $=90$
Currency in circulation $=650 \quad$ Time deposits with bank $=2250$
Narrow money supply $\left(M_1\right)=950 \quad$ Banks' deposit with the Central
Bank of Wonderdesh $=250 \quad$ Government non-tax revenue $=180$
- Broad money $\left(M_3\right)$
- Fiscal deficit
- Current account deficit
- High-powered money
- Primary deficit
- Balance of payments deficit

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01:27

Problem 2

Fiscal deficit must be minimised, for it pre-empts future tax revenues. Analyse.

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01:36

Problem 3

Revenue deficit is worse than the fiscal deficit. Explain.

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Problem 4

The spot foreign exchange rates (direct quotation) of the Goodland economy's currency, with the currencies of her three major trade partners in two periods, are as follows:
$$
\begin{array}{ccc}
\hline \text { Country } & \text { Period 1 } & \text { Period 2 } \\
\hline 1 & 10 & 12 \\
2 & 20 & 18 \\
3 & 0.10 & 0.15 \\
\hline
\end{array}
$$
The trade shares of the three countries in Goodland's total trade remain the same in the two periods at 35 per cent, 20 per cent and 25 per cent for countries 1,2 and 3 , respectively and the inflation rate between the two periods in Goodland and countries 1,2 and 3 happened to be 6 per cent, 10 per cent, 5 per cent and 2 per cent, respectively.
Compute the values of the trade weighted nominal effective exchange rate for each of the two periods and of the trade weighted real effective exchange rate for period 2 for the Goodland's currency. Has the Goodland's currency devalued? Use the geometric averaging system as well as the arithmetic averaging system and see if the two methods yield significantly different results.

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03:33

Problem 5

Trade deficit is an inevitable consequence of foreign investment. Comment.

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Problem 6

. While some current account deficit may be a sign of strength, a chronic deficit is necessarily bad. Why?

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Problem 7

Holding of foreign exchange reserves is a necessary evil. Do you agree? Why?

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06:08

Problem 8

The table below presents some relevant data on a cross section of countries and the world:

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