Macro 1.7 Flashcards

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What is national capital stock?

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The stock of capital goods that has accumulated in the economy and is measured at a point in time

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2
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What is wealth?

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The stock of assets which have a value at a point in time

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3
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What is national wealth?

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The stock of all goods that exist at a point in time that have value in the economy

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4
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What is national income?

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The flow of new output produced by the economy in a particular period

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5
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What is national output?

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The same as national income

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6
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What is national product?

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Another name for national income and national output

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7
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What is consumption?

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Total planned spending by households on consumer goods and services produced within the economy

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8
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What is a closed economy?

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An economy with no international trade

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9
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What are the determents of saving?

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Income, Wealth, Consumer confidence, expected income, expected wealth, current debt

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What is saving?

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Income which is not spent

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11
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What is a withdrawal?

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A leakage of spending power out of the circular flow of income into saving, taxation or imports

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What is investment?

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Total planned spending by firms on capital goods produced within the economy

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13
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What is an injection?

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Spending entering the circular flow of income as a result of investment, government spending and exports

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14
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What is an open economy?

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An economy open to international trade

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15
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What is gross national income (GNI)?

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A measurement of a country’s income including all income earned by country’s residents and firms regardless of where it’s produced

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16
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What is reflationary policies?

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Policies that increase aggregate demand with the intention of increasing real output and employment

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17
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What is equilibrium national income?

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The level of real output at which aggregate demand equals aggregate supply.

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18
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What is the calculation for aggregate demand (AD)?

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AD = Consumption (C) + Investment (I) + Government spending (G) + (Exports (X) - Imports (M))
AD = C + I + G + X - M

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What is aggregate demand (AD)?

A

The total planned spending on real output produced within the economy

20
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What is aggregate supply (AS)?

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The level of real national output that producers are prepared to supply at different average price levels

21
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What is a shrinking circular flow?

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When withdrawal is greater than injection

22
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What is a growing circular flow?

A

When injection is greater than withdrawal

23
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What is the rate of interest?

A

The reward for lending savings to somebody else and the cost of borrowing

24
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What is the availability of credits?

A

The funds available for households and firms to borrow

25
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When does a credit crunch occur?

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It occurs when there is a lack of funds available in the credit market, making it difficult for borrowers to obtain financing, and leads to a rise in the cost of borrowing

26
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What is the distribution of income?

A

The spread of different incomes among individuals and different income groups in the economy

27
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What is the wealth effect?

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It examines how a change in personal wealth influences consumer spending and economic growth

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What is aggregate consumption?

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The spending by all households in the economy on consumer goods and services

29
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What is the marginal propensity to consume (MPC)?

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The change in consumer spending arising from a change in disposable income

30
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How do you calculate MPC?

A

Change in consumption / Change in income

31
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What is an accelerator?

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A change in the levels of investment in new capital goods induced by a change in growth rate of national income or aggregate demand

32
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What is the marginal propensity to save (MPS)?

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The amount of extra income that is saved

33
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What is the marginal propensity to import (MPM)?

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The amount of extra income that is spent on import?

34
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What is the marginal propensity to tax (MPT)?

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The amount of extra income that is spent in taxation.

35
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What is a multiplier?

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The relationship between a change in aggregate demand and the resulting usually larger change in national income

36
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How do you calculate the multiplier?

A

change in national income / initial change in government spending

37
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What is short-run aggregate supply (SRAS)?

A

Aggregate supply when the level of capital is fixed

38
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What is long-run aggregate supply (LRAS)?

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Aggregate supply when the economy is producing at its production potential

39
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What is investment in real life?

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A situation when people invest in shares, bonds, properties or antiques

40
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What is a trade surplus?

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When exports (X) > imports (M) leading to an increase in aggregate demand

41
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What is a trade deficit?

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When imports (M) > exports (X) leading to a fall in aggregate demand

42
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What does productivity measure?

A

The efficiency of the production process

43
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How do you calculate output?

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Factors input + Factor productivity