Explain whether each of the following statements is true, false, or could go ether way depending on the circumstances. If a question has more than one part, please explain why each part is true, faise, or uncertan Use the analyscal tools learned in this course to back up your answers, EXPLANATION DETERMINES MARKS
1. In the US currently, since the nominal interest rate is virtually zero, the real interest rate has to be negative.
2. The fall employment level of output is the output level corresponding to an unemployment rate of zero.
3. On January 1 2015, you bought 10 gallons of petrol at GHC 15 per gallon The filling station purchased the petrol the previous week at wholesale price of GHC 12 per gallon. The contribution of this transaction to GDP in 2015 is GHC 150.
4. If in a given year the profits of US based Toyota increase; this will contribute to the US GNP for that year.
5. The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana after its meeting in November 2015 increased the monetary polity rate from 25% to 26%. This represents a 1% increase the monetary policy rate
6. The recent reduction in the monetary policy rate from 23.4% to 22.5% represents an expansionary monetary policy because it seeks to increase the money supply.
7. According the 2016 Budget Statement for Ghana presented on November 13, 2015, total government expenditure for 2016 is projected to be GHC 46,445.7 million, representing 16.6% increase over the expenditure in 2015. This represents a tightening of monetary policy.
8. The overall budget deficit for 2016 is expected to be 5.3% of GDP compared with a year-end 7.3% for 2015. In the goods market this will lead to an increase
9. in the real interest rate. If banks introduce home equiry lines of credit that allow homeowners to write checks against the value of their homes it will increase the demand for money.
