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abern

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Define savings rate. If the aggregate savings in an economy is 10,000 and the aggregate income in the economy is 70,000, what is the savings rate in the economy?
 
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Question 2

Suppose you are offered a new smartphone in exchange for thirty hours of your work in your friend's garden. This is an example of
 
  A) money as a standard of deferred payment. B) barter.
  C) money as a medium of exchange. D) money as a store of value.



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Answer to Question 1

The savings rate refers to the fraction of income that households save. It can be obtained by dividing aggregate savings by aggregate income.
In this case, the savings rate = 10,000/70,000 = 0.1428 = 14.28.

Answer to Question 2

B



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