Question

Suppose there is a simple one good economy that only produces spinning rims. In 2015, the economy was able to produce 1 million sets of spinning rims at an amazing price of $500 per set. In 2016, the economy was able to produce 1 million sets of spinning rims at a price of $1,000 per set. By what amount did real GDP increase between 2015 and 2016 in the simple one good economy

Answer 1

Answer: 0

Explanation:

Firstly, we will calculate the nominal value in 2015 which will be:

= $500 x 1 million

= $500 million

The nominal value in 2016 will be:

= $1000 x 1 million

= $1 billion

Real GDP will be the price of the base year multiplied by the quantity of the current year which will be:

= $500 million x 1 million sets

= $500 million

Therefore, the increase in real GDP is zero.