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MacroEco Chap7.1-7.2
Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Gross domestic product (GDP) | The market value of all final goods and services produced in a country during a period of time, typically 1 year |
| Final good or service | A good or service purchased by a final user |
| Intermediate good or service | A good or service that is an input into another good or service. Ex. tire on a truck |
| Calculating GDP | Add the total value of all FINAL GOODS AND SERVICES in a set period. Do not use intermediate goods or services. |
| Transfer payments | Payments by the government to individuals for which the government does not receive a new good or service in return. Ex. Social Security |
| Consumption | Spending by households on good and services, not including spending on new houses. |
| Investment | Spending by firms on new factories, office buildings, machinery, and additions to inventories, plus spending by households and firms on new houses. |
| Personal Consumption | Made up of 3 expenditures: SERVICES (medical care, education,haircuts, etc); NONDURABLE GOODS (food, clothing,etc.); DURABLE GOODS -( automobiles and furniture). New houses are not included in consumption->is investment |
| Categories of Investments | 1) Business fixed investment- new factories, office buildings, and machinery to produce goods 2) Residential investiment- single/multi-unit houses 3)Changes in business inventories (goods produced but not yet sold) |
| Government purchases | Spending by federal, state, and local governments on goods and services. |
| Net exports | Exports minus imports |
| GDP Equation | Y =C + I + G + NX; Symbols mean: Y = GDP; C = consumption; I = Investment; G = Government purchases; NX = Net exports; |
| Value added | The market value a firm adds to a product. |
| Calculating Value Added | Difference between the price for which the firms sells a good minus the price it paid other firms for intermediate goods. |
| Underground economy | Buying and selling of goods and services that is concealed from the government to avoid taxes or regulations or because the goods and services are illegal. |