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The primary measure of the economy's performance is...
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It's annual total output of goods and services or aggregate output.
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Gross domestic product
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Defines aggregate output as the dollar value of all final goods and services produced within the borders of a country during a specific period of time.
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GDP includes only the market value...
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Of final goods and ignores intermediate goods altogother
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Intermediate Goods
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Products that are purchased for resale or further processing or manufacturing. Ex. Crude oil
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Final Goods
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Products that are purchased by their end users.
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Value added
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The market value of a firm's output less the value of the inputs the firm has bought from others.
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Public transfer payments
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These are the social security payments, welfare payments and veterans' payments that the government makes directly to households. Not part of GDP
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Private transfer payments
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Money that parents give children during the holidays. Not part of GDP
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Stock Market Transactions
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Buying and selling of stocks are not part of GDP
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Expenditures approach
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The sum of all the money spend in buying
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Income approach
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Income derived from producing product
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Personal consumption expenditures
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Covers all expenditures by household on goods and services
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Durable goods
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10 percent of person consumption expenditures. Three years or more. Ex. cars, furniture
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Nondurable goods
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30 percent, products less than three years of expected life. Food gasoline
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Services goods
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60 percent, work done by lawyers etc.
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Gross private domestic investment
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All final purchases of machinery, equipment and tools by business enterprises. All construction, changes in inventories
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Net private domestic investment
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Includes only investment in the form of added capital. Net investment = gross investment - depreciation
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Depreciation
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The amount of capital that is used up over the course of the year
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Government purchases
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Expenditures for goods and services that government consumes in providing public services and expenditures for publicly owned capital such as schools and highways
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Exports
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Goods and services produced within the borders of the United States.
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Must foreign spending on US exports be included in GDP
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True
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Net Exports
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Exports minus imports
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Corporate Income Taxes
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Taxes are levied on corporation's profits. They flow to the government.
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Dividends
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Profits that are chosen to be paid out to stockholders
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Undistributed corporate profits
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After tax money held by companies for future investment
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Taxes on production and imports
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Includes general sales taxes, excise taxes, business property taxes, license fees, and customs duties.
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Are taxes on production a imports that are for government income considered part of GDP
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Yes
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National Income
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The total of all sources of private income plus government revenue from taxes on production and imports.
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Consumption of fixed capital
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Depreciation charge made against private and publicly owned capital each year.
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Net domestic product
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GDP minus consumption of fixed capital or depreciation
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Personal Income
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All income received whether earned or unearned. income received only by households
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Disposable Income
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Personal income less personal taxes
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Nominal GDP
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GDP not adjusted for inflation
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Real GDP
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GDP ajdusted for inflation. Shows same purchasing power
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Price Index
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A measure of the price of a specified collection of goods and services called a market basket in a given year, as compared to the price in a reference year.
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Are stay at home parents and carpenters who repair their own homes included in GDP?
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No
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Shortcomings of GDP
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Nonmarket activities, Leisure time, Improved product quality, underground economy,