ECON 1010 Lecture : Measuring GDP and Economic Growth
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Gdp or gross domestic product is the market value of all final goods and services produced in a country in a given time period. Gdp is a market value - goods and services are valued at their market prices. Example: if we add apples, oranges, computers, popcorn (ect), we must add the market values if these products. We then get the total value of output in dollars. We must calculate using the market price of everything so that we can have a single, accurate representation. Market value - the amount of money consumers are willing to pay for a given good or service. Gdp is the value of the final goods and services produced. A final good or service is an item bought by its final user during a specified time period. A final good contrasts with an intermediate good. This is an item that is produced by one firm, bought by another firm.