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California Economy

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Which components determine California’s overall population change?

  • Natural increase, domestic migration, and international migration
  • GDP, land area, and state symbols
  • Only births
  • Only tourism
Correct answer(s):
  • Natural increase, domestic migration, and international migration

How should California’s first-quarter 2026 GDP at an annual rate be interpreted?

  • As the completed 2026 GDP
  • As California’s population
  • As the quarter’s pace expressed at an annual rate, not the final 2026 total
  • As state government revenue
Correct answer(s):
  • As the quarter’s pace expressed at an annual rate, not the final 2026 total

Which feature gives Los Angeles economic advantages as a large metropolitan area?

  • Absence of transport networks
  • Isolation from international markets
  • A large diversified labor market and extensive trade infrastructure
  • Dependence on one employer
Correct answer(s):
  • A large diversified labor market and extensive trade infrastructure

Why might an economist examine GDP per capita as well as total GDP?

  • It replaces all income data.
  • It relates output to population size.
  • It measures only land area.
  • It counts counties.
Correct answer(s):
  • It relates output to population size.

How does the Bay Area connect to the global economy?

  • Through technology, finance, capital, and innovation networks
  • Only through tourism
  • It has no global economic links.
  • Only through agriculture
Correct answer(s):
  • Through technology, finance, capital, and innovation networks

Which measure is most appropriate for comparing California’s total economic output with another state?

  • Population density
  • GDP
  • Median household income only
  • State tax revenue only
Correct answer(s):
  • GDP

Why can nominal GDP rise even when real production changes little?

  • Nominal GDP ignores prices.
  • Population density must fall.
  • Prices may rise.
  • The coastline becomes longer.
Correct answer(s):
  • Prices may rise.

Why do economists use real GDP?

  • To count only tax revenue
  • To calculate state borders
  • To measure rainfall
  • To measure output changes after adjusting for price changes
Correct answer(s):
  • To measure output changes after adjusting for price changes