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Intro 2 Macroeconomics pt 2
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Undergraduate 1
01/13/2024

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GDP (gross domestic product)
Definition
the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a year
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market value
Definition
price traded in market
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GDP formula
Definition
Y = C + I + G + NX
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C
Definition
consumption - household spending
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I
Definition
investment - purchases, production of capital assets
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G
Definition
government purchases
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NX
Definition
net exports - spending on exports minus spending on imports NX = X - M
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X
Definition
exports - goods or services produced domestically and purchased by foreign buyers
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M
Definition
imports- goods or services produced overseas and purchased by domestic buyers
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total income methods
Definition
who gets the money - the sum of al the wages earned by workers and the profits that businesses earn 'gross domestic income'
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total output method
Definition
the sum of value added at each stage of production
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Nominal GDP
Definition
gdp measured in today's prices
2023: P1*Q1 + P2*Q2 + P3*Q3…
2020: P1(2020)*Q1(2020) + P2(2020)*Q2(2020)
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Real GDP
Definition
GDP measured in constant prices
2023: P1(2012)*Q1(2023) + P2(2012)*Q2(2023
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GDP growth rate formula
Definition
Y1-Y0/Y0 *100% (annual)
(or Yt[time]-Yt-1)
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Limitations of GDP
Definition
Nonmarket activities are excluded
The shadow economy is missing
Environmental degradation is not counted
Leisure doesn't count
Ignores distribution
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3 different ways of measuring GDP
Definition
- by adding up every dollar of spending
- by adding up every dollar's worth of output produced
- by adding up every dollar of income earned
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inflation
Definition
a generalized rise in the overall level of prices
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most widely used inflation measurement
Definition
Consumer Price Index
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CPI
Definition
an index tha ttracks the average price consumers pay overtime for a representative 'basket' of goods and services
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Inflation rate
Definition
the annual percentage increase in the average price level
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inflation rate formula
Definition
( price level this year - price level last year / price level last year ) *100
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Total spending method
Definition
The total spending on all final goods and services
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Total income methods
Definition
the sum of all the wages earned by workers and the profits that businesses earn 'gross domestic income'
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