Circular Flow of Income Flashcards
Definition:
The flow of goods/services and income between producers/firms and households/consumers.
Leakages (Income):
The outflow from the circular flow of income. Imports, taxation, savings.
Injections (Expenditure):
When people spend money on goods/services money is put into the economy. Government spending, Exports, Investment. Expenditure of people into the economy.
Firms
Provide goods/services or consumers, for consumer expenditure.
Households
Provide factors of production for firms.
Growth
Leakages < Injections
Decrease in Growth
Leakages > Injections
Factor incomes - Factor services
Rent - Land
Wages - Labour
Interest - Capital
Profit - Entrepreneurship
Expenditure Method
C + I + G + ( X - M )
Factor Incomes
Returns received on factors of production