Describe how each of following will affect consumption and saving schedules (as they relate to GDP) or the investment schedule, other things equal:

[A] a large increase in the value of real estate, including private houses
[B] a decline in the real interest rate
[C] a sharp, sustained decline in stock prices
[D] an increase in the rate of population growth.
[E] the development of a cheaper method of manufacturing computer chips.
[F] a sizable increase in the retirement age for collecting social security benefits.

Relate each of the following to the recent productivity acceleration:

[A] information technology
[B] increasing returns
[C] network effects
[D] global competition