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GDP
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the total market value of the goods and services produced in a country within a certain time period
- most widely used to measure the size of a nations economy
- most widely used to measure the size of a nations economy
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GDP Expenditure Approach (Value-of-final-output method)
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calculated by summing the amounts spent on goods and serviced produced during the period
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GDP (Income Approach)
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calculated by summing the amounts earned by households and companies during the period, including wage income, interest income, and business profits
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Sum-of-Value-Added Method
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GDP is calculated by summing the additions to value created at each stage of production and distribution
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Nominal GDP
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the total value of all goods and services produced by and economy, valued at current market prices accounted for inflation
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Real GDP
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measures the output of the economy using prices from a base year, removing the effect of the changes in price so that inflation is not counted as economic growth
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GDP Deflator (+ Formula)
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a price index that can be used to convert nominal GDP into real GDP, taking out the effects of changes in the overall price level
= (Nominal GDP in year t/value of year t output at base year prices) x 100
= (Nominal GDP in year t/value of year t output at base year prices) x 100
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Per Capita Real GDP
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often used as a measure of the economic well-being of a country's residents
= Real GDP / Population
= Real GDP / Population
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Components using Expenditure Approach for GDP
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= C + I + G + (X-M)
= Consumption + Imports + Govn't spending + (Exports - Imports)
= Consumption + Imports + Govn't spending + (Exports - Imports)
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Components using Income Approach for GDP (GDI)
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= national income + capital consumption allowance + statistical discrepancy
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Capital Consumption Allowance
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measures the depreciation of physical capital from the production of goods and serviced over a period
- it can be thought of as the amount that would have to be reinvested to maintain the productivity of physical capital from one period to the next
- it can be thought of as the amount that would have to be reinvested to maintain the productivity of physical capital from one period to the next
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National Income (+ Formula)
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the sum of the income received by all factors of production that go into the creation of final output
= compensation of employees + corporate and government enterprise profits before taxes + interest income + unincorporated business net income + rent + indirect business taxes
= compensation of employees + corporate and government enterprise profits before taxes + interest income + unincorporated business net income + rent + indirect business taxes
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Personal Income
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a measure of the pretax income received by households and is one determinant of consumer purchasing power and consumption
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Household Disposable Income (Personal Disposable Income)
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personal income after taxes
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Total Income Formula
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= C + S + T
= consumer spending + household and business savings + Net Taxes
= consumer spending + household and business savings + Net Taxes
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Fiscale Balance
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the difference between government spending and tax receipts
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Trade Balance
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the difference between exports and imports
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Government Budget Deficit
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when G - T is positive
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Government Budget Surplus
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when G - T is negative