Module 11 – Macroeconomics Overview Flashcards
Define Capital Stock?
Ntural and man made resources
Define Labor force
…that part of the population willing to work
Define National Output
National Output = Capital Stock + Labor
What does Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) allow?
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) allows the comparing of countries national output by comparing the cost of a basket of goods
If part of the ___ and part of the___ is idle then the national output will ___
capital stock (e.g. factories); labor force; be less than its potential
Describe Potential output growth?
Potential output is not static, it normally grows due to the:
- growth in the quality and quantity of labour
- growth in the quality and quantity of capital stock
- technological advances
What is Gross National Product (GNP)?
The actual output of an economy is known as the Gross National Product (GNP)
GNP is the value of all final goods and services produced in the economy in a year:
GNP = apa + bpb + cpc + … p
where p = price of that goods or service and a,b,c… is the quantity
Households give ___ to firms and in return receive an ___
resources (labour);income (Gross National Income=GNI)
GNI=___= ___
GNE;GNP
What is GNE?
Gross National Expenditure. Gross National Expenditure alue of total spending by households.
What is GNI?
Value of the services of the factors of pproduction hired by the firms
Define microeconomics?
Microeconomics attempts to explain relative prices
Explain macroeconomics?
Macroeconomics explains behaviour of level of prices of all goods/services taken together
- Inflation/deflation
Also concerned with behaviour of total income and total output, unemployment
GNP = ___
C (Consumer goods produced) + I (Investment/capital goods produced)
Define Entrepreneurs/managers
combine capital and labour to produce goods and services
Discuss Long-term solution to poverty?
Long-term solution to poverty is not transfer of food and clothing – rather assistance in establishing capital stock and labour force In the short run there is virtually nothing a nation can do to internally acquire resources but it can avoid wasting them
GNI = ___
C (Consumer goods purchased) + S (Savings)
If consumer goods produced exceed consumer goods planned for purchase then?
- Unsold goods will increase inventories
- Firms will begin to produce fewer goods
- Firms will require fewer resources
- Household income will fall
- Households will purchase fewer goods
Gap will widen until inventories fall below desired levels then process will be reversed
These processes called “Business cycle”
- Creates waste
- Government has tools to alleviate tendency
Aggregate demand consists of expenditure from 4 groups:
- Consumers (households)
- Firms
- Government
- International (households, firms and governments)
Each of these groups’ expenditures can be affected by governmental policies; consequently the policies enacted by government can influence aggregate demand.
Discuss Actual output
- Gross National Product (GNP) = Sum of prices of all goods produced
- Gross National Expenditure – value of total spending by households
- Gross National Income – value of services of factors of production hired by firms
- GNP=GNE=GNI
GNP = C (Consumer goods produced) + I (Investment/capital goods produced)
GNI = C (Consumer goods purchased) + S (Savings)
State the macroeco-nomic relationships
Let the symbol Y stand for Gross National Product.
Thus GNP ≡ GNE ≡ GNI ≡ Y
(NOTE: ≡ indicates an identity, i.e. something that is necessarily true by definition.)
For a domestic economy, aggregate demand equals consumption expenditure (C) plus investment expenditure (I) plus government expenditure (G).
Thus domestical-ly GNP ≡ Y ≡ C + I + G
Notes:
Y (GNP) = C (consumption expenditure) + I (investment expenditure) + G (government expenditure in an international economy
However, in an international setting, part of a nation’s resources are allocated to the production of export goods (X) and simultaneously households, firms and govern-
ments may buy goods from foreign nations, in other words imports (Z).
Thus internationally Y ≡ C + I + G + X ― Z
This last equation is known as the national income identity, and policy makers must never lose sight of it.
Notes:
Y = C + I + G + X (export) – Z (import)
Define Fiscal policy
– control of government expenditure and tax rates
- Income taxes, sales taxes, customs, excise taxes, corporation taxes
Define Monetary policy
Supply of money which directly affects interest rates
Explain Output gap / employment gap
- aggregate demand is less than potential output
– idle labour and unused capacity in capital stock