ECON 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Income Approach, Gross Profit, Xm Satellite Radio

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Econ1010 lecture 1 chapter 20: measure gdp and economic growth. Define gdp and explain why gdp equals aggregate expenditure and aggregate income. Explain how statistics canada measures gdp and real gdp. Describe how real gdp is used and explain its limitations as a measure of economic well-being. Gross domestic product is the market value of all final goods and services produced in a country in a given time period. Gdp and the circular flow of expenditure and income. Gdp measures the value of production, which also equals total expenditure on final goods and total income. The equality of income and value of production shows the link between productivity and living standards. The circular flow diagram shows the transactions among households, firms, governments, and the rest of the world: households and firms. Households sell and firms buy the services of labour, capital, and land in factor markets.

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) only measures the value of marketed goods and services for a country during a given period of time.

Is the GDP measure underestimating or overestimating national production and total income in the economy? Why?

What are the limitations of the GDP in measuring total output and national welfare? What products (services) are excluded from the GDP computation?

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An improvement in technology causes the production possibilities frontier (PPF) to

	shift to the right.
	pivot upward.
	shift to the left.
	pivot downward.

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Which of the following is not shown by the circular flow model?

	The flow of resources in one direction and money in the other
	The equality of aggregate spending and aggregate income
	The interaction of households, firms, and the government
	The total amount of goods and services the economy can produce

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Gross domestic product (GDP) is defined as

	the market value of all final goods and services produced in an economy in a given period of time.
	the market value of all consumption goods and services produced in an economy in a given period of time.
	the market value of all investment goods and services produced in an economy in a given period of time.
	the real value of all investment goods and services produced in an economy in a given period of time.

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Real GDP

	includes all domestic and foreign transactions.
	includes the dollar value of domestic transactions only.
	tries to isolate the effect of changing output, holding prices constant.
	measures GDP in terms of prices of goods and services produced.

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When economists talk about economic growth, they are usually referring to

	the percentage change in nominal GDP.
	the percentage change in real GDP.
	the percentage change in nominal investment.
	the percentage change in real investment.

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7. The difference between nominal GDP and real GDP is that nominal GDP:

	A.	measures a country's production of final goods and services at current market prices, whereas real GDP measures a country's production of final goods and services at the same prices in all years.
	B.	is measured in dollar terms, whereas real GDP is measured in terms of numbers of goods and services produced
	C.	measures the total value of only final goods and services, whereas real GDP measures the value of all goods and services, both intermediate and final
	D.	measures a country's production of final goods and services at fixed prices, whereas real GDP measures a country's production of all final goods and services at current market prices

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