unit 2 Flashcards
(117 cards)
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
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the market value of all the final goods and services produced within a country in a given time period (one year)
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market value
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prices in which items are traded in markets (value= market price x quantity)
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market prices
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the price of each item
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final good or service
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a good or service that is produced for its final user and not as a component of another good service
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intermediate good or service
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a good or service that is used as a component of a final good or service
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the same good can be either intermediate or final depending on how it is ____
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used
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the value of goods and services for their own use is an example of…
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exclusions in GDP
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market value of homes is equal to…
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the rental value
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the production of goods and services outside of the the US is an example of…
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exclusions in GDP
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given time periods of GDP
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quarterly GDP (3 months) or annually GDP (12 months)
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What GDP does the Federal Reserve use?
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quarterly GDP (short term)
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What GDP do economists use?
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annual GDP (longterm)
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four groups that buy the final goods and services
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households, firms, governments (local & federal), rest of world
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consumption expenditure
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household
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investments
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firms
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government expenditures goods and services
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governments
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net exports and goods
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rest of world
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nondurable goods + durable goods + rental value + services =?
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consumption expenditure
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nondurable goods
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pizza, oranges, food, anything that can go bad, etc
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durable goods
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laptop, TV, etc.
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services
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rock concert, haircut, Xbox subscription, etc.
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the purchase of new capital goods and additions in inventory
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investment (included in GDP)
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the purchase of stocks and bonds are…
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NOT equal to stocks and bonds
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federal (US Defense Department) + state (State Department) +local (Town Hall) =
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government expenditures goods and services
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Items that firms in the US produce and sell to the rest of the world
Exports of good and services
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Items that households, firms, and governments in the US buy from the rest of the world
Imports of goods and services
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value of exports goods and services - value of imports goods and services=?
net export
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if exports ______ imports, then the net exports are positive and US produces goods and services ________
exceed;increase
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if imports ______ exports, then the net exports are negative and US produces goods and services _________
exceed;decrease
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exports > imports =
positive net exports and increase in GAS (goods and services)
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imports > exports =
negative net exports and decrease in GAS (goods and services)
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C+I+G+NX=
total expenditure
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labor earns....
wages
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capital earns...
interest
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land earns...
rent
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entrepreneurship earns...
profit
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undistributed profit
combination of interest and profits that firms retain and do not pay to households
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the expenditure approach
the measurement of the GDP using data on consumption expenditure, investment, government expenditure on GAS, and net exports
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the income approach
Measures GDP by summing the incomes that firms pay households for the factors of production they hire
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net product
what the income approach measures
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deprecation
the decrease in the value of capital that results from its use and from obsolescence
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Disposable personal income
the income received by households minus personal income taxes paid
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the value of the final goods and services produced in a given year expressed in the prices of the base year
Real GDP
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the value of the final goods and services produced in a given year expressed in the prices of that same year (economy's output in current dollars)
Nominal GDP
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factor services
factor of production (e.g: labor)
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transfer payments
payments that the government makes to individuals without expecting GAS in return (e.g: social security, scholarships grants)
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used/second hand products are...
not included in the GDP
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purely financial transactions (e.g: transfer payments) are...
not included in the GDP
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the sale of stocks and bonds are...
not included in the GDP (no production of GAS)
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services provided for no money (childcare provided by stay-at-home parent) are...
not included in the GDP
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intermediate GAS is...
not included in the GDP
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foreign produced GAS are...
not included in the GDP
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rent is a _______ for a service and is included in the GDP
payment
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the value of inventories are...
not included in the GDP
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aggregate output
the sum of all goods produced over a certain period of time
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aggregate spending
the sum of all the expenditures undertaken in the economy by the factors during a specific time period
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GDP does not equal...
prosperity or higher standards of living
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GDP measures ________________, but does not include ______________________ that may contribute to happiness and quality of life
aggregate output;nonmarket transactions
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standard of living
the level of consumption of goods and services that people enjoy, on average
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real GDP/population =?
real GDP per person
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potential GDP
the value of real GDP when all the economy's factors of production (land, labor, capital, entrepreneurial ability) are fully employed
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when the factors of production are ________, real GDP is below potential GDP
unemployed
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when the factors of production are _____________, real GDP exceeds potential GDP
over-employed
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a periodic but irregular up-and-down movement of total production and other measures of economic activity
business cycle
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each business cycle has an _________ and _________
expansion;recession
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each business cycle has two turning points: ____ and ______
peak;trough
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a period during which real GDP increases
expansion
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a period during which real GDP decreases for at least two successive quarters (with a negative growth rate)
recession
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a period during which real GDP decreases for at least two successive quarters (with a negative growth rate)
recession
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people who are currently holding a job, either part-time or full-time
employed
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people who are not currently employed but are actively looking for work
unemployed
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employed + unemployed =
labor force
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labor force/population 16 years and older x 100 =?
labor force participation rate
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prisoners, military personnel, discouraged workers, marginally attached workers, or people in mental institutions are...
not counted in the labor force participation rate
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number of unemployed workers/labor force x 100 =?
unemployment rate
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an economy's performance can be measured by different indicators such as the __________ rate
unemployment
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non working people who are capable of working but have given up looking for a job due to the state of the job market
discouraged workers
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those who would like to be employed and have looked for a job in the recent past but are not currently looking for work are...
marginally attached workers
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part-timers because they cannot find full-time jobs
underemployed workers (still employed)
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unemployment due to the time workers spend in job search
frictional unemplyment
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new graduates looking for a job that is the best fit for them is an example of __________ unemployment
frictional
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skilled people looking for a new job opportunity is an example of __________ unemployment
frictional
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when there are more people seeking jobs in a labor market than there are jobs available at the current wage rate
structural unemployment
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when workers' skills are obsolete or no longer needed
structural unemployment
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workers who are replaced by a robot is an example of __________ unemployment
structural
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a job that moved to a lower wage area is an example of __________ unemployment
structural
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unemployment that follows the business cycle and occurs during recessions, but the jobs usually return after the economy recovers
cyclical unemployment
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when aggregate demand declines, or consumers are buying less and people are getting laid off are an example of...
cyclical unemployment
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frictional unemployment + structural unemployment =?
natural rate of unemployment
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natural rate of unemployment + cyclical unemployment =
actual rate of unemployment
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a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by consumers for a FIXED "market basket" of goods and services
consumer price index (CPI)
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consumption goods
market basket
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a way to evaluate the purchasing power of an average American family is...
consumer price index (CPI)
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an overall decrease in prices that strengthens the purchasing power of a given income
deflation
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an overall increase in prices which erodes the purchasing power of a given income
inflation
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when the CPI rises, _________ is occuring
inflation
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when the CPI falls, _________ is occuring
deflation
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market basket in current year/market basket in base year x 100 =?
consumer price index (CPI)
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new CPI - old CPI/ old CPI x 100 =?
inflation rate
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the term economists use when referring to variables that have not been adjusted for inflation
nominal
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the amount of money one earns in the form of wages or salary is...
nominal income
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the stated interest rate is the...
nominal interest rate
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the term used to describe variable that HAVE been adjusted for inflation
real
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the purchasing power of a given wage or salary is...
real income
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the value of an economy's output in inflation-adjusted dollars
real GDP
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the inflation-adjusted cost of borrowed money is...
real interest rate
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nominal value/price index/ 100 =?
real value
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a slowdown in the rate of increase in the consumer price index (CPI)
disinflation
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beneficiaries of unanticipated inflation are anyone ______ money at a fixed amount (e.g: borrowers)
payers
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losers of unanticipated inflation are anyone _________ money at a fixed amount (e.g: lenders)
receiving
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people with variable interest rates are _________ from unanticipated inflation
protected
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people with fixed interest rates are ___________ from unanticipated inflation
unprotected
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the condition that exists when expected inflation is equal to actual inflation
price stability
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pl x y =?
nominal GDP
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an average of the current prices of all the goods and services included in GDP expressed as a percentage of base-year prices
GDP deflator (price index)
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real GDP x aggregate PL/100 =?
nominal GDP
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nominal GDP/ aggregate PL/100 =?
real GDP
