GDP Test Flashcards
GDP
All goods and services produced in a country in 1 year (QUANTITY) [Final goods produced within the US]
GDP Does not include
Used Products, Transfer payments, stocks/bonds, at home services. intermediate/ foreign services
Ways to Measure GDP
Value of PRODUCTION of final goods and services, Value of spending on final goods and services, Factor Income
GDP Equation
C (Consumer Spending) + I (Investment Spending) + G (Government Spending) + Xn (Exports - Imports)
GDP Faults
It does not measure prosperity or standard of living
Umemployed
People not employed but ACTIVELY looking for work
Labor Force
Unemployed + Employed
Labor Force Participation Rate
(Labor Force/ Population Aged) * 100
Unemployment Rate
(# Unemployed/ Labor Force) * 100
Discouraged Workers
Not employed and not looking
U3
Official Unemployment Rate
U6
Unemployment rate + Includes discouraged, marginally attached workers, and half time workers
Frictional Unemployment
New opportunities/ Jobs
Structural
More people looking then jobs OR obsolete workers/ jobs gone
Cyclical
During recessions, layoffs
Natural Rate of Unemployment
Frictional + Structural
Actual Rate of Unemployment
(Frictional + Structural (Which is Natural)) + Cyclical
CPI
Changes in Price