Chapter 7 Flashcards
National Income and product accounts keep track of
flows of money in the economy
Business Cycle Sectors
Government, Household, Firms, Rest of the World
Government purchases, what do they give to Households
purchases g/s like education, defence, transfers payments, gives money to household
Households type of spending and where they purchase g/s
consumer spending, purchasing g/s through markets for goods and services
Firms purchases
investment spending to buy physical capital
Rest of World, where does their spending come
spending comes from exports, g/s sold to residents of other countries across globe
GDP: Gross Domestic Product
market value of ALL FINAL G/S produced within a country in a year, (overall output)
GDP per Capita
avg output per person, GDP/Population,
Why do we use final goods and service
to avoid multiple counting of intermediate goods
Final Goods and Services and example
g/s sold to the final/end user ex automobile
intermediate goods and example
g/s bought from one firm/individual by another firm/individual, input for production of final g/s ex steel used for automobiles
value added
value of sale - value of intermediate goods
aggregate expenditure
sum of consumer spending, government purchases of g/s, exports minus imports. Total spending on domestic final g/s
What is in GDP (3)
investment spending, capital spending, domestically produced final goods and services
investment spending
spending on physical capital ex machines tools
domestically produced final goods and services (5)
capital goods, new construction of stuctures, home based businesses, educational services, change to inventories
What is not in GDP (6)
spending on intermediate g/s, inputs, used goods, financial assets, imports, environmental damage
