Question

Using the following national income accounting data, compute (a) GDP, (b) NDP, and (c) NI. All figures are in billions.Category - ValueCompensation of employees - $194.2U.S. exports of goods and services - 17.8Consumption of fixed capital - 11.8Government purchases - 59.4Taxes on production and imports - 14.4Net private domestic investment - 52.1Transfer payments - 13.9U.S. imports of goods and services - 16.5Personal taxes - 40.5Net foreign income - 2.2Personal consumption expenditures - 219.1Statistical discrepancy - 0Instructions: Round your answers to one decimal place.

Answer 1

Answer:

a. $343.7 billion

b.  $331.9 billion

c. $334.1 billion

Explanation:

The computation is shown below:

a. For GDP

GDP = Personal consumption expenditures + Government purchases + Net private domestic investment + Consumption of fixed capital + net exports

where,

Net exports = U.S. exports of goods and services - U.S. imports of goods and services

= $17.8 - $16.5

= $1.3 billion

So, the GDP would be

= $219.1 + $59.4 + $52.1 + $11.8 + $1.3

= $343.7 billion

b. For NDP

NDP = GDP - Consumption of fixed capital or depreciation

        = $343.7 - $11.8

        = $331.9 billion

c. For NI

NI = GDP + Net foreign income

    = $331.9 billion + 2.2 billion

    = $334.1 billion

All values are in billions