Explain the automatic mechanism by which BoP equilibrium was achieved under the gold standard.

Differentiate between devaluation and depreciation.

What is a barter system? What are its drawbacks?

Write down some of the limitations of using GDP as an index of welfare of a country.

Explain the relation between government deficit and government debt.

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

Why should the aggregate final expenditure of an economy be equal to the aggregate factor payments? Explain.

Give the relationship between the revenue deficit and the fiscal deficit.

Discuss the issue of deficit reduction.

Are fiscal deficits inflationary?

What is the difference between ex ante investment and ex post investment?

If inflation is higher in country A than in Country B, and the exchange rate between the two countries is fixed, what is likely to happen to the trade balance between the two countries?

Does public debt impose a burden? Explain.

How is the exchange rate determined under a flexible exchange rate regime?

Suppose C = 100 + 0.75Y D, I = 500, G = 750, taxes are 20 per cent of income, X = 150, M = 100 + 0.2Y . Calculate equilibrium income, the budget deficit or surplus and the trade deficit or surplus.

What is the difference between ex ante investment and ex post investment?

What role of RBI is known as ‘lender of last resort’?

Explain why the tax multiplier is smaller in absolute value than the government expenditure multiplier.

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.

Differentiate between devaluation and depreciation.

Suppose C = 40 + 0.8Y D, T = 50, I = 60, G = 40, X = 90, M = 50 + 0.05Y

(a) Find equilibrium income. (b) Find the net export balance at equilibrium income (c) What happens to equilibrium income and the net export balance when the government purchases increase from 40 and 50?