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equation that reps the relationship between GDP and 4 major expenditure components?
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Y= C+ I+ G+NX
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4 major expenditures
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consumption
intermediate goods
government purchases
new expenditures
intermediate goods
government purchases
new expenditures
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diff between value of a firms final product and value added by the firm to the final product
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the value of a firms final product is the sale price..
value added is the difference between the sale price and the price of intermediate goods
value added is the difference between the sale price and the price of intermediate goods
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is the value of interdiate goods and services produced during the year included in the GDP. for ex- is a computer chip used to priduce new PC included in GDP?
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Yes, the value of the pc chip is not directly counted in GDP but the production of a computer chip is included in the value- added method of measuring GDP
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to calculate GDP deflator
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Nominal GDP divided by Real GDP times 100
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to get NOMINAL GDP
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quanity times price (exclude big number last number)
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to get REAL gdp
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to quanity times price of base year (exclude big number)
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to calculate percentage
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real GDP later year - real GDP earlier year divided by earlier year times 100
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calculate unemployment rate
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number of unemplyed divided by labor force times 100
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people are said to be frictionally unemplyed when
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they are between jobs and searching for a new job
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structurally unemployed
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a persistant mismatch between the job skills or attributes of workers and the requiements of jobs
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cyclical unemplyed
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workers who lose their jobs bc of a recession
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tariff
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a tax imposed by a government on imports of a good into a country (increases the cost of a selling good)
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imports
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goods and services bough domestically but produced in other countries
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exports
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are goods and services produced domestically but sold in other countries
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autarky
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a situation in which a country does not trade with other countries
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terms of trade
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the ratio at which a country can trade its exports for imports from other countries
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we dont see complete specialzation in the real world bc of three reasons
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1. not all goods and services are traded internationaly
2 production of most goods involves increasing oppurtunity costs
3. tastes for products differ
2 production of most goods involves increasing oppurtunity costs
3. tastes for products differ
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free trade
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trade between counties that is without government restrictions
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quota
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a numerical limit a government imposes on the quanitity of a good that can be imported into the country
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VER- voluntary export restraint
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an agreement negotiated between two counties that places a numerical limit on the quanitity of a good that can be imported by one country from the other
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word trade organization
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an international organization that oversees international trade agreements
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globalization
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the process of countries becoming more open to foreign trade and investment
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protectionism
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the use of trade barriers to shield domestic firms from forgein competition
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dumping
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selling a product for a price below its cost of prodcution
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the buisness cycle
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peak- tip top
recession- moving down from a peak (6 months)
trough- very lowest period
recovery/ expasiom- moving up
recession- moving down from a peak (6 months)
trough- very lowest period
recovery/ expasiom- moving up
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inflation rate-
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the % increase in the price level from one year to the next
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GDP- gross domestic product
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the market VALUE of all final goods and services produced in a country during a period of time, typically one year
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final good/ serive
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a good or service purchased by a final useer (hamburger for a consumer, or a computer purchased from a buisncess)
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intermediate good
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a good/serive that is an input into another good or serive, such as a tire..tires are an example.. not a final good
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transfer payments
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payments by the government to households for which the government does not receive a new good or service in return.
-public
-private
-stocks
-public
-private
-stocks
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consumptiopn
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spending by household on goods or services not including spending on a new house
(services- hair cuts, medicare, education, haircuts)
(durable goods- cars, furniture)
(services- hair cuts, medicare, education, haircuts)
(durable goods- cars, furniture)
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invetments
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spending by firms on a new factory, office building, spending by housesholdws and firms on a new house
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government purchases
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spending by federal, state and local governments on goods and services(teachers saleries highways)
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net exports
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exports(made in US) minus imports(purchased by us)
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value added
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another way of calculating GDP is the value added method which refers to the additional market value a firm gives to a product and is equal to the difference between the price for which the firm sells a good and the price it paid other firms for intermediate goods
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nominal gdp
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value of a final good and serive evaluated at current year prices
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real ggdp
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value of g and s evaluated at base year prices
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consumer surplus
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below demand curve and above the price
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producer surplus
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above the SUPPLY curve and below the price
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TO CALCULATE REVENUE
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price times quanitity!