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ECON 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Xm Satellite Radio, Transfer Payment, Final Good

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ECON 200
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Value of the final good is how much gdp increases by. Excludes - value of intermediate goods, secondhand goods, illegal production and out of market transactions, transfer payment (social security check) Expenditure method: to measure overall economic activity, we could measure the amount of money that households spend on goods and services (y = c + i + g + x m). Income method: or we could measure income to households (wages + rent + interest + profits). Output method: lastly, we could add up production of final goods and services using final market values or by value-added. Consumption is spending by households on goods and services, not including spending on new houses (which are counted instead in investment) Investment is spending by firms on physical capital (factories, machinery, etc. ) and additions to inventories plus spending by households on new houses. Net exports are exports - minus imports. Majority of spending in country is on consumption.

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Related Questions

1. In the actual economy, households

a. spend all of their income.

b. divide their income among spending, taxes, and saving.

c. buy all goods and services produced in the economy.

d. Both (a) and (c) are correct.

 

2. Gross domestic product is defined as

a. the quantity of all final goods and services demanded within a country in a given period of time.

b. the quantity of all final goods and services supplied within a country in a given period of time.

c. the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time.

d. Both (a) and (b) are correct.

 

3. GDP adds together many different kinds of products into a single measure of the value of economic activity by using prices determined by

a. banks.

b. economists.

c. the government.

d. markets.

 

4. Over time, people have come to rely more on market-produced goods and less on goods that they produce for themselves. For example, busy people with high incomes, rather than cleaning their own houses, hire people to clean their houses. By itself, this change has

a. caused measured GDP to fall.

b. not caused any change in measured GDP.

c. caused measured GDP to rise.

d. probably changed measured GDP, but in an uncertain direction; the direction of the change depends on the difference in the quality of the cleaning that has resulted.

 

5. A steel company sells some steel to a bicycle company for $150. The bicycle company uses steel to produce a bicycle, which it sells for $250. Taken together, these two transactions contribute

a. $150 to GDP.

b. $250 to GDP.

c. between $250 and $400 to GDP, depending on the profit earned by the bicycle company when it sold the bicycle.

d. $400 to GDP.

 

6. The total sales of all firms in the economy for a year

a. equals GDP for the year.

b. is larger than GDP for the year.

c. is smaller than GDP for the year.

d. Any of the above is possible.

 

7. GDP is equal to

a. the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time.

b. Y.

c. C + I + G + NX.

d. All of the above are correct.

 

8. The consumption component of GDP includes spending on

a. durable goods and nondurable goods, but not spending on services.

b. durable goods and services, but not spending on nondurable goods.

c. nondurable goods and services, but not spending on durable goods.

d. durable goods, nondurable goods, and services.

I need help right now, please

1- Goods that are not sold during the year are included as part of that year's investment in calculating GDP.
A- True
B- False

2- When the nominal GDP has increased in the United States, we know that:

A- the U.S. price level has increased
B- the U.S. price level has decreased.
C- U.S. output of goods and services has increased.
D- Either the U.S. output of goods and services or the price level has increased.
E- Both the U.S. output of goods and services and the price level have increased.

3- Fill in the blank: GDP is the total value of ________ produced for the marketplace during a given year, within the nation's borders

A- all goods
B- all goods and services
C- all final goods
D- all final goods and services
E- all final and intermediate goods and services

4- Structural unemployment is considered a microeconomic problem.

A- True
B- False

5- The unemployment rate in the United States is defined as the number of unemployed divided by _____.
A- the U.S. population
B- the number of employed plus the number of unemployed
C- the U.S. population over the age of 16
D- the number of employed
E- the number of employed minus the number of unemployed

6- If Americans buy $500 billion worth of foreign goods and services, and foreigners buy $200 billion worth of American goods and services, then net exports for the United States are equal to _____.
A. $100 billion
B. $200 billion
C. -$300 billion
D. $500 billion
E. $700 billion

7- Discouraged workers are people who used to work, but no longer want a job.

A- True
B- False

8- In the expenditure approach, GDP is equal to _____.

A. C + I + G + exports - imports

B. C + I + G

C. C + I + G + exports

D. C + I + G + imports

E. C + I + G + exports + imports

9- U.S. GDP measures the production of goods and services by Americans, regardless of which country they reside in when they produce those goods and services.

A- True
B- False

Urgent! I need help with these questions, please.

1- The GDP of Mexico in current US dollars according to the World Bank was the US $0.683 Trillion in 2000 and had grown to the US $1.151 Trillion in 2015. Calculate the GDP percentage change from 2000 to 2015. Show your work.

2- In the expenditure approach to GDP, government purchases include all spending on goods, services, and transfer payments by government agencies.

A- True
B- False

3- The economy is considered at full employment when:
A. the unemployment rate is zero.
B. structural unemployment is zero.
C. cyclical unemployment is zero.
D. frictional unemployment is zero.

4- Which of the following would be considered 'private investment' in GDP?
A. A computer printer purchased by a law firm
B. A computer printer purchased by a student
C. A computer printer purchased by the St. Louis police department
D. All of these

5- Goods that are not sold during the year are included as part of that year's investment in calculating GDP.
A-True
B- False

6- When the nominal GDP has increased in the United States, we know that:

A- the U.S. price level has increased
B- the U.S. price level has decreased.
C- U.S. output of goods and services has increased.
D- Either U.S. output of goods and services or the price level has increased.
E- Both U.S. output of goods and services and the price level have increased.

7- Fill in the blank: GDP is the total value of ________ produced for the marketplace during a given year, within the nation's borders

A- all goods
B- all goods and services
C- all final goods
D- all final goods and services
E- all final and intermediate goods and services

8- Structural unemployment is considered a microeconomic problem.

A- True
B- False

 

9- The unemployment rate in the United States is defined as the number of unemployed divided by _____.
A- the U.S. population
B- the number of employed plus the number of unemployed
C- the U.S. population over the age of 16
D- the number of employed
E- the number of employed minus the number of unemployed

10- If Americans buy $500 billion worth of foreign goods and services, and foreigners buy $200 billion worth of American goods and services, then net exports for the United States are equal to _____.
A. $100 billion
B. $200 billion
C. -$300 billion
D. $500 billion
E. $700 billion

11- Discouraged workers are people who used to work, but no longer want a job.

A- True
B- False

12- In the expenditure approach, GDP is equal to _____.

A. C + I + G + exports - imports

B. C + I + G

C. C + I + G + exports

D. C + I + G + imports

E. C + I + G + exports + imports

13- U.S. GDP measures the production of goods and services by Americans, regardless of which country they reside in when they produce those goods and services.

A- True
B- False