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Mankiw Chapter 23
Measuring a Nation's Income
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Economics
11th Grade
09/14/2008

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Microeconomics
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the study of how households and firms make decisions and how they interact in markets
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Microeconomics
Definition
the study of how households and firms make decisions and how they interact in markets
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Gross Domestic Product(GDP)
Definition
the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time.
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"of all"
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illegal goods do not count, black market doesn't count, things that you make yourself that don't enter the market place don't count.
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Final goods
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When International Paper makes paper, which Hallmark then uses to make a greeting card, the paper is called an intermediate good, and the card is called a final good. GDP only includes the value of final goods.
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Are used goods counted in the GDP?
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No.
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"within a country"
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GDP measures the value of production within geographic confines of a country. When a Canadian citizen works temporarily in the US, his production is included in the US GDP.
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GDP = CIGX
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C - Consumption
I - investment
G - government purchases
X - net exports
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Consumption
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the spending by households on goods and services, with the exception of purchases of new housing
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Investment
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spending on capital equipment, inventories, and structures, including household purchases of new housing.
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Government Purchases
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Spending on goods and services by local, state, and federal governments
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Net Exports
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spending on domestically produced goods by foreigners(exports) minus spending on foreign goods by domestic residents(imports).
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nominal GDP
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the production of goods and services valued at CURRENT prices
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real GDP
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the production of goods and services valued at CONSTANT prices
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GDP deflator
Definition
Nominal GDP/Real GDP x 100
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