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Macroeconomics Chp. 7
Measuring the Aggregate Economy
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Economics
Undergraduate 2
11/20/2008

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GDP is a measure of

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market activity; its a flow
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Four expenditures of GDP

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Consumption + Investment + Government Spending + Net exports

 

C+ I + G + (X-M)

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Intermediate goods can be eliminated from GDP in two ways:
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1. measuring only final sales

2. measure only value added

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Net Domestic Product is...

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GDP less depreciation
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Net Domestic Product (NDP) represents
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output available for purchase
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Difference between GDP and GNP

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  • GDP describes the economic output produced withing the physical borders of an economy
  • GNP describes the economic output produced by the citizens of a country
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Aggregate income =
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aggregate production
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Why can GDP be a poor measure of relative living standards of living
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it measures only market activities
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To compare income over time, we must _____ price-level changes
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adjust
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After adjusting for inflation, nominal mearsures are changed to
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"real" measures

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Equation for percent change in real GDP
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% change in Real GDP= % change in Nominal GDP - Inflation
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Equation for real GDP
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Real GDP= Nominal GDP     X 100

                GDP Deflator

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Problems of GDP
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  • doesn't measure economic welfare
  • doesn't include transactions in the underground economy
  • price index used is problematic
  • subcategories of GDP are often interdependent
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GDP includes only goods sold to....
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consumers. Sales to other firms are intermediate goods and social security benefits don't reflect production
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In calculating GDP, the largest component of total U.S. expenditures is
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consumption
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The components that balances aggregate income and aggregate production is:
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profits
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If a country's population grows at a faster rate than its GDP, then its per capita GDP

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will decrease
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GDP measures market activity and excludes
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non-market activities
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GDP is ...
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the total market value of all final goods and services produced in a one-year period
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GNP =
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GDP plus net forgein factor income
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Net foreign factor income is obtained by
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adding the foreign income of one's citizens and subtracting the income of residents who aren't citizens
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Four components that comprise aggregate income are:
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compensation to employees, rents, interest, and profits
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Total value of production always equals
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GDP
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Real Output equation
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real output= (nominal output/deflator) X 100

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Nominal Output (equation)
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nominal output= (real output X deflator)/ 100
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