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macroeconomics ch 7 GDP & Real GDP

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GDP (Gross Domestic Product)   total market value of all fixed goods & services produced annually w/in a country's border w/in a given yr; geography matters; in calc 0 trade balance, - trade deficit, + trade surplus  
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ways to compute GDP   1. Income Approach - add the amt of money spent by buyers of final goods & services; 2. Value-Added Approach- add up all the steps; 3. Expenditure Approach- add the amt of money spent by buyers of final goods & services  
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GDP calculation   GDP = C+I+G+Nx (open economy) w/o Nx (closed economy); C = consumers (market basket), I = investments (business spending on businesses ie. labor, construction, etc), G = gov't (spending, not transfers), Nx = (exports - imports)  
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not included in GDP   non-market goods (household prod), underground activities, sales of used goods themselves, intermediate goods, financial trans (trading stocks/bonds), gov't transfer payments (ss cks, vet benefits), leisure (vol time off)  
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final goods   a good in the hands of the final user  
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intermediate good   a good that is an input to the production of a final good  
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double counting   counting a good more than once when computing GDP  
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transfer payment   a payment to a person that is not made in return for goods & services currently supplied  
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consumption   the sum of spending on durable goods, nondurable goods, & services  
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investment   the sum of all purchases of newly produced capital goods, changes in business inventories, & purchases of new residential housing  
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inventory investment   changes in the stock of unsold goods  
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fixed investments   business purchases of capital goods ie. machinery & factories, & purchases of new residential housing  
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government purchases   federal, state, & local gov't purchases of goods & services & gross investment in highways, bridges, & so on  
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government transfer payments   payments to persons that are not made in return for currently supplied goods & services ie. SS benefits & veteran's benefits  
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imports   total domestic (US) spending on foreign goods  
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exports   total foreign spending on domestic (US) goods  
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Net Exports (Nx)   exports - imports  
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national income   total income earned by US citizens & businesses, no matter where they reside or are located  
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national income calculation   the sum of the payments to resources (land, labor, capital & entrepreneurship) = compensation to employees + proprietor's income + corp profits + rental income of persons + net interest  
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capital consumption allowance (depreciation)   the estimated amt of capital goods used up in production thru natural wear, obsolescence, & accidental destruction  
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net domestic product (NDP)   GDP - the capital consumption allowance  
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personal income   the amt of income that indiv actually receive; = the national income - undistributed corp profits, social ins taxes, & corp profits taxes, + transfer pmts  
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disposable income   the portion of personal income that can be used for consumption or saving; = to personal income - personal taxes (esp income tax)  
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Real GDP   the value of the entire output produced annually w/in a country's border's, adjusted for price changes; on x-axis along with output (unless on the cyclical unemp graph then it's on the y-axis)  
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economic growth   increases in Real GDP  
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3 reasons for true economic growth   1. more advanced technology, 2. better institutions, 3. new found resources  
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GDP per capita   a country's GDP / the population in the same country  
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GDP & Bads   GDP counts the goods & services, but it doesn't net out air & water pollution, thus some economists argue that our GDP is overstated  
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durable good   goods that are expected to last more than 3 yrs  
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