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Real GDP equation
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quantity x base year price
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Nominal GDP equation
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quantity x current price
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GDP deflator
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Nominal GDP/Real GDP x 100
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CPI equation
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(cost of basket in current year/cost of basket in base year) x 100
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Inflation equation
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CPI2-CPI1/CPI1 x 100
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growth rate equation
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(GDPD year 2 - GDPD year 1)/GDPD year 1
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core inflation rate
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the rate of inflation excluding the effects of food and energy prices, so:
use cpi equation (without food and energy prices) and inflation equation
use cpi equation (without food and energy prices) and inflation equation
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headline inflation rate
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inflation equation
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real wages formula
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Nominal wages (percent change) - inflation
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real price equation
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(CPI base year/ CPI now) x Nominal Price
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real interest rate equation
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nominal interest rate - inflation rate
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Real GDP per capita
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real GDP divided by the total population of a country
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growth rate formula (avg annual growth rate of anything)
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((final value/intial value)^(1/years between))-1 (*100 for percent) [use GDP]
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Rule of 70 formula
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number of years to double = 70/growth rate
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per-worker production function
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Y/L = A * (K/L)^.3
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real GDP per person is determined by the percent of the population that works and labor productivity
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Y/pop = (L/pop)•(Y/L))
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number employed
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labor force - unemployed
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unemployment rate
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unemployed/labor force x 100
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labor force
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employed + unemployed
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labor force participation rate
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labor force/population ages 16 and up x 100
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prime age labor force participation rate
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those ages 25-54 in labor force / all those ages 25-54
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normal rate of unemployment
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(frictional + structural)/labor force
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U-6 unemployment rate
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Total unemployed + all persons marginally attached to the labor force + total employed part time for economic reasons/ labor force + all persons marginally attached to the labor force
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government budget deficit
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federal expenditures (spending) - federal taxes (tax revenue)