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Q.Classify each of the following statements as belonging to Micro Economics or Macro Economics, giving a one-line reason for each:

(i) The price of tomatoes rose sharply in Chennai's wholesale market last week due to a poor harvest.
(ii) India's Gross Domestic Product grew by 7% last year.
(iii) A textile firm decided to increase its output after the price of cloth rose.
(iv) The Reserve Bank of India changed the repo rate to control the country's overall inflation rate.
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  1. Micro Economics. This statement is about the price of a SINGLE good (tomatoes) in a SINGLE market (Chennai's wholesale market) — exactly the individual-market price determination that Micro Economics (Price Theory) studies.
  2. Macro Economics. Gross Domestic Product is an AGGREGATE measure of the entire economy's output, not any single market or firm — a textbook Macro Economics (Income Theory) variable.
  3. Micro Economics. This concerns the output decision of a SINGLE firm reacting to a price change in its own market — an individual-unit decision, the subject matter of Micro Economics. …

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