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Real wages
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The nominal wage adjusted for the effects of inflation
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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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C I G NX?
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Consumer spending, investment spending, government purchases, and net exports
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What is consumption (C)?
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total spending by households on final goods & services
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Examples of consumption (C)
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durable goods like appliances, cars, furniture, toys. services. and nondurable goods
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What is government purchases (G)? What is the formula?
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all spending on the goods & services by local, state, and federal governments. G+TR
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What are examples of government purchases (G)?
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Government transfer payments like social security benefits, unemployment insurance benefits paid to the public
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What is net exports (NX)?
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The gap between the imports and exports is also called trade balance
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Exports > imports
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trade surplus 🙂
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Imports > exports
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Trade deficit 🙁
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Normally _________ is the largest part of all GDP components
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Consumption (C)
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In the circular flow diagram, households ...
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households are sellers in the markets for the factors of production
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Spending on financial assets ________ counted as part of GDP ________.
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are not; because they are not counted as goods or services
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The consumer price index is used to...
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monitor changes in the cost of living over time
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Which agency calculates CPI?
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
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In calculating cpi, the quantities of the goods and services in the fixed basket are determined by...
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surveying consumers
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An important difference between the GDP deflator and the consumer price index is that_____.
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the GDP deflator reflects the prices of all final goods and services produced domestically, whereas the consumer price index reflects the prices of goods and services bought by consumers
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A nation's standard of living is best measured by its_____.
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real GDP per person
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If one wants to know how the standard of living has changed over time in a given country, one should look at the growth rate of ...
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Growth rate of real GDP per capita
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The level of real GDP person_____.
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is very similar across countries, but the growth rate of real GDP per person differs widely across countries
level=similar
real=different
level=similar
real=different
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Productivity may be measured by...
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the growth rate of real GDP per person
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What is the correct way to measure labor productivity?
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The quantity of output divided by the number of hours worked.
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Consider an economy, where the aggregate real output is growing faster than the total population, then___.
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the standard of living is rising