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chapter 6
national output and national income
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
07/12/2008

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Term
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Definition

Total market value of all final goods and services by producers located within a country

Term
Final Goods and Services
Definition
goods and services produced for final use
Term
intermediate goods
Definition

goods produced by one firm to be used by another firm in further processing.

 

not counted in GDP

 

 

ex. Tires sold to automobile factory

Term
Gross national product (GNP)
Definition
Total market value of all final goods and services produced by a countries citizens, regardless of where it is produced
Term

Define:

 

GDP = C + I + G + (EX - IM)

Definition

The Expenditure Approach

 

GDP: Gross domestic product

 

=

 

C: personal consuption of households

I: spending by firms and households on capital

G: Government consuption/investment

(EX - IM): Net exports, exports minus imports

Term

Components of

Personal Consumption Expenditures (C)

Definition

Durable Goods: last along time

nondurable Goods: used up quickly

Services: dont involve production

Term

Components of

Gross Private Domestic Investment (I)

Definition

Nonresidential Investment: expenditures of firms

Residential Investment: new houses/apartment buildings

Change in business inventories

Term
Current Dollars
Definition
Current price you pay for goods and services
Term
nominal GDP
Definition
GDP measured in current dollars
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real GDP
Definition
nominal GDP adjusted for price changes
Term
underground economy
Definition
part of the economy where income is made but not reported therefore not calculated in the GDP
Term
gross national income (GNI)
Definition
GNP converted into dollars using an average of currency exchange rates over several years adjusted for inflation
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