Chapter 2 - The Data of Macroeconomics Flashcards

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CPI Formula

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CPI = (Cost of basket in current period/Cost of basket in base period) * 100

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GDP Deflator Formula

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

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Labour Force Formula

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Labour Force = Employed + Unemployed

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Unemployment Rate Formula

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Unemployment Rate = (Unemployed/Labour Force) * 100%

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Labour Force Participation Rate Formula

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Labour Force Participation Rate = (Labour Force/Working-Age Population) * 100%

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What are the 3 approaches to computing GDP?

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-Expenditure
-Income
-Value Added

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Expenditure Approach to Calculating GDP

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Total expenditure on domestically produced final goods and services. Y = C + I + G + NX

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Income Approach to Calculating GDP

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Total income earned by domestically located factors of production.

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Value Added approach to Calculating GDP

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Value Added = Value of Output - Value of Intermediate Goods

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Stock

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Quantity measured at a point in time

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Flow

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Quantity measured per unit of time

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

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Total income earned by domestically located factors of production, regardless of nationality.

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Gross National Product (GNP)

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Total income earned by the nation’s factors of production, regardless of where located.

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Inflation Rate Formula

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Inflation Rate = ((CPI [Year 2] - CPI [Year 1])/(CPI [Year 1])) * 100%

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Circular Flow Model

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Firms provide income in exchange for labour from households.

Households give businesses money (expenditure) in exchange for goods produced by businesses.

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Why do the different methods of computing GDP give the same result?

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Every dollar a buyer spends becomes income to the seller

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True or False: Sale of used goods are included in GDP

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False, only new goods are included in GDP

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Durable Goods (give an example)

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Goods that last a long time

Eg. cars, home appliances

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Nondurable Goods (give an example)

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Goods that last a short period of time

Eg. food, clothing

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Services (give an example)

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Intangible items purchased by consumers

Eg. Dry cleaning, haircut

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Consumption (C)

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The value of all goods and services bought by households

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Why does CPI overstate inflation?

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-Substitution Bias
-Introduction of new goods
-Unmeasured changes in quality

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Substitution Bias

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A reason why CPI overstates inflation.
CPI uses fixed weights (quantities).
Thus, it cannot illustrate consumers’ ability to substitute towards goods whose relative prices have fallen.

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Introduction of new goods

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A reason why CPI overstates inflation.
New goods make consumers better off
Thus, the real value of the dollar increases. But, CPI remains the same.

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Unmeasured changes in quality
Quality improvements increase the value of the dollar, but are not measured by CPI.
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Survey of Employment, Payrolls, and Hours (SEPH)
Survey conducted among businesses that provides information about earnings and hours worked by industry at the national and provincial level.
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Which survey is superior, the Labour Force Survey (LFS) or the Survey of Employment, Payrolls, and Hours (SEPH)?
Neither. Both measures have their flaws, but if used together, we can get a reasonably accurate view of employment in Canada
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Labour Force Survey (LFS)
Survey among households that provides data on: -# of people in the labour force -Unemployment Rate -Labour Force Participation Rate
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Chain-weighted Real GDP
Real GDP with base year updated continuously over time. Can be used to compare the output of goods and services between any 2 dates
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When inflation increases, what happens to unemployment? Why?
Unemployment decreases when inflation increases since workers are willing to supply more labour due to increased wages from inflation.