Distinction between National Income (GDP) vs Disposable Income Flashcards
What is national income or GDP
The total level of income generated by the economy in a particular period of time ex. a year,
What is disposable income
The sum that income earners have available to spend in a particular time period
What is national income
Is a measure of the tot level of income earned in an economy over a specified period of time. The production of g/s generates income,
If 20B in g/s are produced, then income f 20B is generateda
National income statistics include
GDP, GNP, GNI per capital
National income identity
NII is a direct result of thee CFI. The value of all final g/s produced by firms throughout the economy is equivalent to the amt of money spent by consumers to acquire it, therefore
total expenditure=total output
The value of the final g/s can be derived by
Considering the cost of producing such output, the costs of production consist of factor payments in the forms of rent, wages, interest and profit
therefore, the value of
output=sum of all forms of income and is shown by tot output=tot income
Tot expenditure=
Tot output
tot output=
tot income
tot expenditure=
tot output= tot income