Economic Measurements Flashcards
GDP definition
Total dollar value of all final goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a year
Real GDP
adjusted for inflation
Nominal GDP
Measured in current price
Components of GDP
Consumer spending
Investment spending
Government spending
Net exports
Two ways to calculate GDP
Income
Expenditure
Income approach
Wage + rent + interest + profits
Expenditure approach
C + I + G + Nx
GDP doesn’t measure
Intermediate good Non market transaction Secondhand sales Transfer payment Financial transaction
Aggregate supply
Supply curve for entire economy
Three phases of GDP
Keynesian
Intermediate
Classical
Keynesian
In recession
Intermediate stage
Growing economy
Classical stage
Near peak of business cycle
Phases of business cycle
Peak
Contraction
Trough
Expansion
Peak of business cycle
GDP high
unemployment low
Inflation high
Contraction business cycle
GDP decreasing
Unemployment rising
Trough business cycle
Unemployment highest
Expansion business cycle
GDP rising
Unemployment lowering
Inflation
Too much money chasing too few goods
Deflation
Fall in price level
Ceteris Paribus
Holding other things constant
CPI
Measure of change in average price of consumer goods and services
What is CPI used for
Measures inflation
How to calculate CPI
CPI this year - CPI last year / CPI last year