Consumption + Investment + Government Spending + Exports and Imports
Spending for the production and accumulation of capital and additions to inventories - New land, factories, machinery, new construction
An asset that you put money into with the hope that it will grow or appreciate into a larger sum of money - purchase of bonds, stocks, gold, diamonds, real estate property (not counted in GDP)
Bank Functions
Nominal GDP
If someone thinks the economy isn't gonna do well in the future, people wont invest. If they think it will be good, they will invest.
Disposable Income
Demand Shock
Supply Shock
Human Capital
Unemployed
Inventories
Goods used in the production of final goods - lumber, coal, textiles
Money coming your way for doing nothing (not counted as GDP until spent)
Goods that last for a relatively long time, such as refrigerators, cars, and DVD players (last more than 3 years)
The black market transactions are not a part of GDP since there is no way to calculate and keep track of them but, when drug dealers spend money at stores they are contributing to the economy
Decreases the amount of output that can be produced for a given input (left shift)
Economic Indicators
Inflation, GDP, unemployment
Expenditure GDP Approach
Income/Earnings GDP Approach
GDP = wages (salaries) + rents + interest + profit
Used up capital
Monetary Policy
Run by: Federal Reserve
Tools: Interest Rates
Fiscal Policy
Run by: Congress
Tools: Taxing and spending