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What does GDP stand for?

Gross Domestic Product

What does GNI stand for?

Gross National Income

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is only calculated for a specific year, not a time period

False (B)

Real GDP is not adjusted for inflation.

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What is a price index?

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What does the GDP deflator measure?

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What is Real GDP?

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Flashcards

GDP

Gross Domestic Product; The total value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a specific period (usually a year).

Nominal GDP

GDP measured at current market prices.

Real GDP

GDP adjusted for inflation using constant prices.

GDP Deflator

A price index that measures the change in prices of all domestically produced goods and services in an economy.

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Real GDP Calculation

Real GDP = (Nominal GDP / GDP Deflator) x 100

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Price Index

A measure of average prices in one period relative to average prices in a base year.

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Structural Unemployment

Unemployment due to a mismatch between skills of workers and the jobs available (long-term).

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Frictional Unemployment

Temporary unemployment as people transition between jobs.

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Seasonal Unemployment

Unemployment that fluctuates based on time of year.

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Cyclical Unemployment

Unemployment related to fluctuations in the business cycle (downturns).

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GNI

Gross National Income; Measures the total value of income earned by a country's citizens or residents.

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Injections

Factors that add to the circular flow of income (investment, exports, government spending).

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Leakages

Factors that remove money from the circular flow of income (savings, imports, tax).

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Circular Flow of Income

A model showing the continuous flow of income and expenditure between households, firms, government, and the international sector.

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Inflation

A general increase in the prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time.

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Business cycle

Fluctuations in the economy's real GDP over time; periods of expansion and contraction.

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Study Notes

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross National Income (GNI)

  • GDP is the total value of all final goods and services produced in a country over a period (usually a year).
  • GDP includes:
    • Consumer spending (C)
    • Investment (I) by businesses
    • Government spending (G)
    • Net exports (X-M), where X is exports and M is imports.
  • GNI = GDP + net income from abroad

GDP - Measures Economic Output

  • Nominal GDP - measures the value of current output at current prices
  • Real GDP - measures the value of current output at constant (a year) prices to allow for the impact of inflation.

Price Index

  • A price index is a measure of average prices in one period relative to average prices in a base year.

GDP Deflator

  • GDP deflator = (Nominal GDP / Real GDP) x 100
  • GDP deflator - measures the reduction in the value of all of the goods and services produced in an economy, when inflation is taken into account.

Real GDP

  • Real GDP = Nominal GDP / Price Deflator x 100
  • Real GDP - a price index used to convert nominal GDP to real GDP.

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