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What is GDP?
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the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time
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What are demand-side components?
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consumer,business,trade balance, and government
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How is economic growth measured?
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real GDP per capita
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What is GNP?
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Gross National Product—total value of goods and services produced by a country in 1 year
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What are the components of economic growth
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technology, human, and physical capital
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What are the stages of a business cycle?
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recession, trough, expansion, peak
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What is the difference between real and nominal values?
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Nominal values are the values that the prices are operating at the time whereas real values have been adjusted for inflation, and are usually lower.
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How do you calculate the real interest rate?
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nominal interest rate - inflation rate
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What is the value of a price index in the base year?
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100
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what are the types of unemployment?
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cyclical-business cycle
frictional- more jobs
structure- replaced by tech
frictional- more jobs
structure- replaced by tech
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what individuals are included and excluded from the labor force/unemployment
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excluded- full-time students under 16, retired/ discouraged workers, anyone not looking for a job
included- looking for a job
included- looking for a job
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labor force
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employed + unemployed
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What is full employment?
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when the only unemployment is natural unemployment
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What is a trade deficit?
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when a country imports more than it exports
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What is a trade surplus?
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when a country exports more than it imports
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what is the difference between the CPI and GDP deflator?
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CPI- base year quantities
GDP deflator-Fixed base year quantities
GDP deflator-Fixed base year quantities
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what is the most common price index?
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Consumer Price Index (CPI)
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What is a core inflation index?
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excludes gas and electricity
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What is appreciation?
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an increase in a currency's value
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what is the effect of inflation on the exchange rate?
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depreciates currency
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What are the different types of exchange rates
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Floating-controlled by market
Pegged- set by central
Pegged- set by central
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What is PPP (Purchasing Power Parity)?
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PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) is the number used by the World Bank. It measures value of a country's money in relation to what can be purchased with that amount.
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who benefits from protectionism?
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domestic producers
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What is comparative advantage?
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the ability to produce a good at a lower opportunity cost than another producer
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What is an absolute advantage
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The ability to produce more of a product with the same resources as your competitor. This is called an absolute advantage because you are just simply overall more productive.
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What is a tariff?
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A tax on imported goods
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What is an embargo
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A ban on trade
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What is a quota
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A limit on the number of goods that can be imported
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What happens to inflation and unemployment during a recession?
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inflation decreases and unemployment goes up
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Calculate unemployment rate
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unemployed/(employed+ unemployed) x100