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Principles of Macroeconomics Canadian 7th Edition Mankiw Solutions Manual
Principles of Macroeconomics Canadian 7th Edition Mankiw Solutions Manual
Quick Quizzes
1. What is stock? What is a bond? How are they different? How are they similar?
A stock is a claim to partial ownership in a firm. A bond is a certificate of indebtedness. They are
different in numerous ways: (1) a bond pays interest (a fixed payment determined when the
bond is issued), while a stock pays dividends (a share of the firm’s profits that can increase if the
firm is more profitable); (2) a bond has a fixed time to maturity, while a stock never matures;
and (3) if a company that has issued both stocks and bonds goes bankrupt, the bondholders get
paid off before the shareholders, so stocks have greater risk and potentially greater return than
bonds. Stocks and bonds are similar in that both are financial instruments that are used by
companies to raise money for investment, both are traded on exchanges, both are subject to
credit risk, and the returns to both are taxed (usually).
2. Define private saving, public saving, national saving, and investment. How are they related?
Private saving is the amount of income that households have left after paying their taxes and
paying for their consumption. Public saving is the amount of tax revenue that the government
has left after paying for its spending. National saving is equal to the total income in the economy
that remains after paying for consumption and government spending. Investment is the purchase
of new capital, such as equipment or buildings.
These terms are related in two ways: (1) National saving is the sum of public saving and private
saving, by definition. (2) National saving equals investment.
3. If more Canadians adopted a “live for today” approach to life, how would this affect saving,
investment, and the interest rate?
If more Canadians adopted a “live for today” approach to life, they would spend more and save
less. This would shift the supply curve to the left in the market for loanable funds, causing the
interest rate to rise. In equilibrium, there would be less saving and investment, and a higher
interest rate.
1. What is the role of the financial system? Name and describe two markets that are part of the
financial system in our economy. Name and describe two financial intermediaries.
The financial system’s role is to help match one person’s saving with another person’s
investment. Two markets that are part of the financial system are the bond market, through
which large corporations, the federal government, or provincial and territorial governments
borrow, and the stock market, through which corporations sell ownership shares. Two financial
intermediaries are banks, which take in deposits and use the deposits to make loans, and mutual
funds, which sell shares to the public and use the proceeds to buy a portfolio of financial assets.
2. Why is it important for people who own stocks and bonds to diversify their holdings? What type
of financial institution makes diversification easier?
It is important for people who own stocks and bonds to diversify their holdings because then
they will have only a small stake in each asset, which reduces risk. Mutual funds make such
diversification easy by allowing a small investor to purchase parts of hundreds of different stocks
and bonds.
3. What is national saving? What is private saving? What is public saving? How are these three
variables related?
National saving is the amount of a nation’s income that is not spent on consumption or
government purchases. Private saving is the amount of income that households have left after
paying their taxes and paying for their consumption. Public saving is the amount of tax revenue
that the government has left after paying for its spending. The three variables are related
because national saving equals private saving plus public saving.
Investment refers to the purchase of new capital, such as equipment or buildings. It is equal to
national saving.
5. Describe a change in the tax laws that might increase private saving. If this policy were
implemented, how would it affect the market for loanable funds?
A change in the tax laws that might increase private saving is the introduction of a consumption
tax to replace the income tax. Since a consumption tax would not tax the returns to saving, it
would increase the supply of loanable funds, thus lowering interest rates and increasing
investment.
6. What is a government budget deficit? How does it affect interest rates, investment, and economic
growth?
A government budget deficit arises when the government spends more than it receives in tax
revenue. Since a government budget deficit reduces national saving, it raises interest rates,
reduces private investment, and thus reduces economic growth.
7. How does government accumulate debt? If the government maintains a budget surplus, what
happens to its debt? What if it maintains a budget deficit?
When government (tax) revenue falls short of government expenses, the government runs a
deficit. Deficits, like other variables such as GDP, savings, investment, and consumption, are
measured every year starting from zero at the beginning of the year. Each year’s deficit increases
a government’s accumulated debt. A surplus reduces debt. To summarize, deficit or surplus is an
annual variable, while debt is cumulative; it is the result of past deficits and surpluses.
1. Nina wants to buy and operate an ice-cream truck but doesn’t have the financial resources to start
the business. She borrows $5000 from her friend Max, to whom she promises an interest rate of 7
percent, and gets another $10 000 from her friend David, to whom she promises a third of her
profits. Which of the following best describes this situation?
a. Max is a shareholder, and Nina is a bondholder.
b. Max is a shareholder, and David is a bondholder.
c. David is a shareholder, and Nina is a bondholder.
d. David is a shareholder, and Max is a bondholder.
2. Which of the following occurs when the government collects more in tax revenue than it spends, and
households consume more than they get in after-tax income?
a. private and public saving are both positive
b. private and public saving are both negative
c. private saving is positive, but public saving is negative
d. private saving is negative, but public saving is positive
3. A closed economy has income of $1000, government spending of $200, taxes of $150, and
investment of $250. What is private saving?
a. $100
b. $200
c. $300
d. $400
4. If a popular TV show on personal finance convinces more Canadians about the importance of saving
for retirement, the ___ curve for loanable funds would shift, driving the equilibrium interest rate ___.
a. supply, up
b. supply, down
c. demand, up
d. demand, down
5. If the business community becomes more optimistic about the profitability of capital, the ___ curve
for loanable funds would shift, driving the equilibrium interest rate ___.
a. supply, up
b. supply, down
c. demand, up
d. demand, down
6. Which of the following describes the ratio of federal government debt to GDP in Canada from 1996 to
2009?
a. it increased markedly
b. it decreased markedly
c. it was stable at a historically high level
d. it was stable at a historically low level
1. d
2. d
3. c
4. b
5. c
6. b
1. For each of the following pairs, which bond would you expect to pay a higher interest rate?
Explain.
a. a bond of the Canadian government or a bond of an East European government
b. a bond that repays the principal in year 2015 or a bond that repays the principal in
year 2025
c. a bond from Coca-Cola or a bond from a software company you run in your garage
d. a bond issued by the federal government or a bond issued by Prince Edward Island
a. The bond of an East European government would pay a higher interest rate than the
bond of the Canadian government because there would be a greater risk of default.
b. A bond that repays the principal in 2025 would pay a higher interest rate than a bond
that repays the principal in 2015 because it has a longer term to maturity, so there is
more risk to the principal.
c. A bond from a software company you run in your garage would pay a higher interest rate
than a bond from Coca-Cola because your software company has more credit risk.
d. A bond issued by Prince Edward Island would pay a higher interest rate than a bond
issued by the federal government because of the somewhat greater credit risk compared
to the federal government.
2. Check a newspaper or the Internet for the stock listings of two companies you know something
about (perhaps as a customer). What is the price/earnings ratio for each company? Why do you
think they differ? If you were to buy one of these stocks, which would you choose? Why?
Many answers are possible. Price/earnings ratios vary. A high price/earnings ratio might indicate
either that people expect earnings to rise in the future or that the stock is overvalued. A low
price/earnings ratio might indicate either that people expect earnings to fall or that the stock is
undervalued.
3. Theodore Roosevelt once said, “There is no moral difference between gambling at cards or in
lotteries or on the race track and gambling in the stock market.” What social purpose do you
think is served by the existence of the stock market?
The stock market does have a social purpose. Firms obtain funds for investment by issuing new
stock. People are more likely to buy that stock because there are organized stock markets, so
people know that they can sell their stock if they want to.
4. Declines in stock prices are sometimes viewed as harbingers of future declines in real GDP. Why
do you suppose that might be true?
Stock prices are viewed as harbingers of future declines in real GDP because people value stocks
based on the expected future profitability of the firm. If stock prices fall, this must mean that
investors expect a lower future profitability for the firms. This means that we might expect output
in these firms to decline as well.
5. When the Russian government defaulted on its debt to foreigners in 1998, interest rates rose on
bonds issued by many other developing countries. Why do you suppose this happened?
When the Russian government defaulted on its debt, investors perceived a higher chance of
default (than they had before) on similar bonds sold by other developing countries. Thus the
supply of loanable funds shifted to the left, as shown in Figure 1. The result was an increase in
the interest rate.
Figure 1
6. Many workers hold large amounts of stock issued by the firms for which they work. Why do you
suppose companies encourage this behaviour? Why might a person not want to hold stock in the
company where he works?
Companies encourage their employees to hold stock in the company because it gives the
employees the incentive to care about the firm’s profits, not just their own salary. Then, if
employees see waste or see areas in which the firm can improve, they will take actions that
benefit the company because they know the value of their stock will rise as a result. And it also
gives employees an additional incentive to work hard, knowing that if the firm does well, they will
profit.
But from an employee’s point of view, owning stock in the company for which she or he works
can be risky. The employee’s salary or wages are already tied to how well the firm performs. If
the firm has trouble, the employee could be laid off or have her or his salary reduced. If the
employee owns stock in the firm, then there is a double whammy⎯the employee is unemployed
or gets a lower salary and the value of the stock falls as well. So owning stock in your own
company is a very risky proposition. Most employees would be better off diversifying⎯owning
stock or bonds in other companies⎯so their fortunes wouldn’t depend so much on the firm for
which they work.
7. Explain the difference between saving and investment as defined by a macroeconomist. Which of
the following situations represent investment? Saving? Explain.
a. Your family takes out a mortgage and buys a new house.
b. You use your $200 paycheque to buy stock in Bombardier.
c. Your roommate earns $100 and deposits it into her account at a bank.
d. You borrow $1000 from a bank to buy a car to use in your pizza delivery business.
To a macroeconomist, saving occurs when a person’s income exceeds his consumption, while
investment occurs when a person or firm purchases new capital, such as a house or business
equipment.
a. When your family takes out a mortgage and buys a new house, that is investment,
because it is a purchase of new capital.
b. When you use your $200 paycheque to buy stock in Bombardier, that is saving, because
your income of $200 is not being spent on consumption goods.
c. When your roommate earns $100 and deposits it in her account at a bank, that is saving,
because the money is not spent on consumption goods.
d. When you borrow $1000 from a bank to buy a car to use in your pizza delivery business,
that is investment, because the car is a capital good.
8. Suppose GDP is $800 billion, taxes are $150 billion, private saving is $50 billion, and public saving
is $20 billion. Assuming this economy is closed, calculate consumption, government purchases,
national saving, and investment.
a. If interest rates increase, the costs of borrowing money to build the factory become
higher, so the returns from building the new plant may not be sufficient to cover the
costs. Thus, higher interest rates make it less likely that Intel will build the new factory.
b. Even if Intel uses its own funds to finance the factory, the rise in interest rates still
matters. There is an opportunity cost on the use of the funds. Instead of investing in the
factory, Intel could invest the money in the bond market to earn the higher interest rate
available there. Intel will compare its potential returns from building the factory to the
potential returns from the bond market. So if interest rates rise so that bond market
returns rise, Intel is again less likely to invest in the factory.
"'HESTER
HARDY.'"
"It would be very ungrateful of her if she had, for Hetty was very
good to her."
"Well, dear, I know I told the girl never to let me see her face again,
but—I suppose we had better make our poor little Flora as happy as
we can while we have her with us. But I tell you fairly, I think we
ought never to lose sight of the girl when she has the cart of Flo. She
is so terribly heedless, though, as you say, a good girl for all that."
"Yes; but don't tell Flo till you are sure of her."
So it came about that once again Mrs. Eyre tapped on the half-
closed door of Mrs. Hardy's house, and was told to "come in."
"Mrs. Eyre! Matty, you're a—But it is, for all that. Ma'am, I'm nearly
ashamed to face you."
"You have no cause to be, Mrs. Hardy. Hetty is a good girl, and, if
she was heedless, we must remember that she is very young. It was
a great misfortune; but, you know, if the dog had not awakened my
poor little girl, no harm would have been done. Where is Hetty?"
"I sent her into town for some things we wanted, but she must soon
be home. A dog, did you say? I've heard nothing of a dog. Indeed,
Hetty does not rightly know yet what happened to Miss Flora."
"Well, Hetty went, as you, I am sure, know, to look for the little cat.
Zelica led her a regular chase, and when she got back the child was
gone."
"Yes," said Matty, "and the shawls on the path, and the cat's basket
all torn, and some shrimps a girl gave her all mashed up. Oh,
ma'am! she dreams of it often—you never saw the like."
"What had really happened was this. Flo woke up to find the dog—a
big, rough-haired creature-tearing at the cat's basket; and, I confess,
I think it was well for Zelica that she was not in it; but the dog would
not have hurt Flo on any account; in fact, he did not touch her. She
screamed for Hetty, the dog got at the shrimps and tried to eat them,
and while he was at that work my poor little girl got up and tried to
run away. She actually dragged herself some way down the steep
path, when the dog came after her, and she fell. Mr. Eyre thinks that
the creature saved her from falling over the edge, for he was sitting
between her and it, in great distress. He belongs to the
stationmaster, and is a most good-natured dog, very fond of
children."
Matty had seen her sister come in, but Mrs. Eyre did not, her back
being turned to the door. Hetty stood, listening and trembling, and
now seemed about to steal out again; but Matty stopped her.
Mrs. Eyre turned round, and Hetty covered her face with her hands.
Mrs. Eyre fully expected a burst of tears, and "Oh, I'm so sorry,
ma'am!" but there were neither tears nor words.
"My poor girl! My poor Hetty! Have you never a word to say to me?"
"No, not one." Mrs. Hardy spoke for her. "There's something come to
the girl, ma'am, for dear knows her tears and her tongue used to be
ready enough. I used to be tired hearing, 'Oh I'm so sorry, mother!'"
"Oh, I used to say that," said Hetty; "but I was only sorry because
things were broken, or because you were angry. I was not sorry for
my own fault, because I did not think it a fault—only a misfortune.
Though Matty warned me, and made me promise to pray against it, I
never did—I forgot. I thought how unlucky I was to be so
thoughtless; but since I've been at home I've been thinking, and I
see now that it's a sin. Oh, ma'am, if you could only forgive me, I'd
take heart and try to do better. I'll take Matty's way now, for I'm sure
it's the right one."
"You are quite right, Hetty. We are all of us more given to one fault
than to others, and only God can cure us of them. He gives us time,
and grace, and many lessons; some, sad ones. This has been a sad
one to you, but you see it has opened your eyes to your sin. As to
forgiving you, I do indeed, Hetty, and so does Mr. Eyre."
"Forget you? No, indeed—she is never done crying for you. And she
is so ill and so weak that you must come back to her, Hetty."
Hetty opened both mouth and eyes as wide as ever she could, and
uttered the most extraordinary shout; the poor girl really did not know
what she was doing.
"Hetty! Behave, do! To yell like that in a lady's very ears! Eh! Here
come the tears! I've got my poor Hetty back again. I didn't know that
one with a silent tongue and dry eyes. You're a lucky girl, Hetty, to
have such people to do with as your master and mistress; and
indeed, ma'am, the girl's been breaking her heart after you."
Matty took her sister away into the other room, where she kissed her,
and coaxed her, and cried with her, and altogether contrived to quiet
her so that she was in a fit state to set out at once with her mistress.
"Dan shall bring your things up in the evening, Hetty," said her
mother. "And now, my dearie dear, remember this time as long as
you live, and don't fall back into idle ways. Remember what Matty
said to you: you'll find it's true. These thoughtless doings are real
sins, and it's only God can change your heart. God bless you, Hetty!
I'm glad for you, child."
On the way to Adelaide Terrace Hetty asked many questions about
Flo's state.
"I don't see how you can bear the sight of me, ma'am, nor Miss Flo
either."
"You'll soon know what she thinks about it, Hetty. And you know, if
you had got back and found her still asleep, so that no harm was
done, your fault would have been exactly the same, yet you would
have expected me to forgive you. It seems to me, therefore, that we
ought to forgive you now. You must learn not to measure a fault by
its consequences; you were wrong to leave the child, and it would
have been just as wrong if poor Black Rover had not visited the hut
while you were absent. Do you understand, Hetty?"
"Ah! Hetty, trying hard won't do, not by itself. I will talk to you about
this some day soon. But now, here we are at home," Mrs. Eyre said,
as she knocked at the door.
Mrs. Goodenough opened it; her face was really worth seeing when
she recognised Hetty.
"You see, Mrs. Goodenough, I've brought Hetty Hardy back, and you
will be pleased, I hope, to hear that it is partly your doing. She wrote
to me after hearing from you that Miss Flo was still fretting after the
cat. Stay here for a moment, Hetty; I will just say a word to the child
and then call you."
It was not for a few days that Mrs. Eyre found time for the talk with
Hetty which she had promised her. But one morning, Flo being
asleep, and the others out, Mrs. Eyre said: "Hetty, you know you and
I were to have a serious talk; for I did not say what I wished to say to
you that evening."
"I remember, ma'am. You were saying that trying hard won't do, by
itself. Ma'am, if you'll believe me, Matty told me that when I was
coming here, that first time, and I never minded. I didn't really
understand. But I do now. I see plain enough that it is not in my own
strength that I can cure my heedlessness. And I know now that it is a
sin, and not just a misfortune, as I used to call it. But indeed, ma'am,
I do not think I could ever forget this lesson."
"Perhaps not. But, Hetty, try to think of what I am going to say to you.
You are an affectionate girl, and so, to please those you love, you
would do nearly anything. When you ran off to search for Zelica, I
know well it was because the loss of the little cat would have grieved
Miss Flo so much. But you see what came of it, and you know now
that you did wrong. Now, had you asked yourself, not what would
please Miss Flo, but what it was your duty to do—then you would
have stayed at your post, and the child would have been safe."
"So it always is, Hetty. The moment our motive is less than the
highest; the moment we act to please this person or that, without
remembering that we have to please God, that moment we go
wrong. I want you to pray, as Matty said to you; but, dear Hetty, pray
that God will give you such a love for Him, your Father, who sent His
Son to save you from your sins, that to please him may become the
first thought of your heart. Will you do this, Hetty? Do you
understand me?"
"I do, ma'am. You've said the like to me before, and so has Matty, but
I didn't heed; I seemed not to understand. But all the time I was so
unhappy about Miss Flo, those thoughts seemed to come back to
me. And I will pray, as you tell me, ma'am. Indeed, I do love Him
even now, though not as I ought; for He has been very merciful to
me. Oh, ma'am!—when I think that she might have been killed! How
could I have borne it, when it was my doing?"
Flo was very ill for a long time, and often they thought that a few
weeks more would see the close of her suffering and her life. But
she at last began to improve; and, to the great joy of all who loved
her, she continued to get steadily better, until at last she could walk
about nearly as well as Lina. She grew a great deal, too, and health
brought back her pretty pink colour, and the unchildlike gravity
vanished from her face.
Indeed, if the truth must be told, Miss Flora was rather a troublesome
lassie for a time; for it seemed as if all the fun and frolic she had
missed had to be got through somehow. But she sobered down
again, and is a very good girl, and a great comfort to her parents.
Lina is married, and Flo is the home daughter, helping her mother,
and caring for the younger children.
As to Hetty, after ten years of faithful service, she left her dear
mistress, and still dearer Miss Flo, to become the wife of Fred Smith,
who is now postmaster in the very office where she was once too
late for the London post, thanks to the attractions of Punch and Judy.
And as Fred is a good, steady, God-fearing man, we may hope that
she will be as happy as she deserves to be, I think; even though she
once earned the name of Heedless Hetty.
Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works, Frome, and London.
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