Unit 2 Flashcards
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
dollar value of all final goods and services produced within a country in one year.
–> measures eco growth on PPC within country producing borders(land, labor, capital)
dollar value (market price)
sale price (found at equilibrium)
GDP calculation
sale price - production price = profit
expenditure model
c + i + g + xn = Y(GDP)
intermediate goods
goods still being used in the production of another good
–> not counted in GDP
final good
goods available for purchase for consumers
–> counted in GDP
consumer spending
what consumer buy
investment (business) spending
all new construction
change in capital
change in inventory
government spending
must make an exchange of money for a good or service
net exports
exports - imports
what is not included in GDP
- DIY
- financial assets transactions (stocks + bonds)
- transfer payments (subsidies)
- used goods
% change in GDP
(year 2 - year 1)/year 1 *100
GDP per capita (per person)
identifies average on how many products each person makes
Why GDP is higher in some countries
- human capital (edu)
- capital stock (tech)
- rule of law (political stability)
- natural resources reservoir
ways to calculate GDP
- expenditure approach : add up all spending on final G + S produced in given year
- income approach : add up all income earned from selling final G + S produced in given year
- value add approach : add up dollar valued added at each stage of production process
3 component consumer spending
- durable goods (washing machine, long term tech)
- non durable goods (food, clothes)
- services (dental work, tutoring, repairs)
to be employed :
16+
civilian (not military)
non institutionalized (jail)
actively seeking employment
to be part of labor force :
unemployed / employed
labor force = unemployed + employed
employment figure
employment rate
unemployed/labor force
unemployed/employed
underemployed
people go from full time to part time not by choice; pay cut. unemployed so take what you get
discouraged workers
unemployed originally but then stop looking for work
frictional unemployment
short term (move/ graduated and looking for job; no cause)