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Macroeconomic
Chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| National Income Accounts | data that show success/failure of economic system. |
| what the purpose of economic system? | satisfaction happiness, measure output good & services. |
| How we measure all the goods and services | we don't, me measure dollar value |
| How do we determine dollar value? | worth whatever buyers & sellers agree of what is worth |
| GDP (Gross Domestic Product) | monetary value of all final goods & services produces in a country in a year. |
| Formula of GDP | C + I + F + G = GDP ($17.4 trillion) |
| C in GDP | Consumer spending (70%) |
| I in GDP | Investment (15%) - |
| F in GDP | Foreign Trade (-5%) export = add (make it, but didn't buy so we need add in) import = subtract (bought them, but didn't make it so we subtract) |
| G in GDP | Government (20%) |
| GDP | (inside the US border) depreciation = NDP -capital consumption allownace |
| GNP (Gross National Product) | (outside the US border) |
| National Income | employee compensation (get paid doing work) proprietors income (SP & P/S) Gross corporate profits (increase) Rental Income Net Interest Indirect Business Taxes. |
| Disposal Income | Spend & Save |
| Personal Income (Received) | (-)Personal Income taxes (+)only want to count final products once in order to avoid double counting |
| VAT | Value Added Taxes |
| What would you do with work done but not reported? | legal - underground economy - barter economy (ex: trading) - illegal activities |
| Work done but no buyer or seller? (do yourself project) | Ex: wash your car, cut your lawn, make own meal. doesn't get counted, volunteers, homemakers |
| Price level changes | Q (quantity number) * P (price $) = GDP |
| Concept GDP | more output, a bigger GDP is good (better) |
| Poke Hole Argument (GDP doesn't care) | 1. GDP measure quantity, not quality 2. leisure time 3. more output may mean more pollution 4. Fair share 5. composition 6. ethics/morals 7. crime ^ 8. Measure success |