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Suppose that this year’s money supply is $500 billion, nominal GDP is $10 trillion, and real GDP is $5 trillion. What is the price level? What is the velocity of money?

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What is the price level?

From the Equation of Exchange you obtain that:

M × V = P × T

where:

M= the money supply, or average currency units in circulation in a year

V= the velocity of money, or the average number of times a currency unit changes hands per year

P=the average price level of goods during the year

T=an index of the real value of aggregate transactions

Then, price level would be:

M × V = P

T

$500.000.000.000.000 X $20.000=P

$5.000.000.000.000.000.000

2=P The price level is 2

What is the velocity of money?

Velocity of Money = GDP / Money Supply

Velocity of Money = 10.000.000.000.000.000.000 / 500.000.000.000.000

Velocity of Money = 20.000 The velocity of money is 20.000

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