Gross Domestic Product Flashcards

1
Q

Monetary measure of the market value of all final goods and services produced in a period of time is?

A

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

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2
Q

__________ GDP estimates are commonly used for economic performance of a whole country to make international comparisons.

A

Nominal

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3
Q

GDP can be determined in what three ways?

A

Production approach
Income approach
Expenditure approach

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4
Q

The ___________ approach works on the principle that all products must be bought, therefore the value must be equal to people’s total expenditures.

A

Expenditure

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5
Q

The expenditure approach is to calculate the _____ of the final uses of goods and services measured in purchasers prices.

A

Sum

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6
Q

If a good is produced and unsold, the _________ bought that good from themselves.

A

Producer

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7
Q

What are the four groups of buyers in the economy?

A

Households
Businesses
Government
Foreign

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8
Q

The four buyers in the economy are considered GDP ___________.

A

Drivers

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9
Q

How do you calculate GDP (Equation)?

A

GDP= Consumption (C) + Investment (I) + Government Spending (G) + (Exports (X) - Imports (M))

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10
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What is the largest GDP driver in the economy consisting of private expenditures?

A

Consumption (C)

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11
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What includes business investment in equipment but not exchanges of assets? Spending by households on new houses also included.

A

Investment (I)

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12
Q

What is the sum of government expenditures that include public servant salaries, weapons for military, and doesn’t include social security and unemployment?

A

Government Spending (G)

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13
Q

What includes goods and services for other countries consumption?

A

Exports (X)

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14
Q

What is minused since they are included in G, I, and C and is used to avoid counting foreign product as domestic?

A

Imports (M)

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15
Q

What are used by businesses to produce other goods and services within the year?

A

Intermediate goods

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16
Q

Who calculates the GDP in the US?

A

The Bureau of Economic Analysis

17
Q

When the GDP falls for two quarters or 6 months the economy is said to be in a what?

A

Recession

18
Q

What measures the total dollar value of all the production of goods and services in the economy?

A

GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

19
Q

Using a basis of GDP per capital at ___________ __________ _______ (PPP) is more useful in comparing differences in living standards.

A

Purchasing Power Parity

20
Q

What approach is to calculate the sum of the final uses of goods and services measured in purchasers prices?

A

The expenditure approach

21
Q

GDP count the uses of final goods and services rather than ____________ goods.

A

Intermediate

22
Q

How long is 1 quarter?

A

3 months

23
Q

Non durable goods last how long?

A

Less than a year

24
Q

Durable goods last how long?

A

More than a year

25
Q

Change in private inventories don’t count inventories they __________ with.

A

Started

26
Q

The sale of goods not included in the GDP (Drugs, prostitution etc.) is considered what?

A

Underground economy

27
Q

A dead cat is when there is a bump in GDP and it continues to ______.

A

Fall

28
Q

A live cat is when there is a bump in GDP but continues to go _____.

A

Up

29
Q

The GDP based on current dollars is what?

A

Nominal GDP

30
Q

The GDP based on constant dollars is what GDP?

A

Real GDP

31
Q

Things x Prices = _______.

A

GDP

32
Q

Nominal GDP does not reflect differences in what two things of the countries?

A

Cost of living

Inflation rates