ECON 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Gdp Deflator, Government Spending, Income Approach

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Nominal gpd- the value of final output produced in a given period, measured in the prices of that period ( current dollars) Real gpd- the value of final output produced in a given period, adjusted for changing prices (constant dollars) Gross national product (gnp)- the sum of the market values of all final goods and services produced and capital owned by the permanence residents of a country. No matter where in the world production occur. Excludes production by foreign nations working domestically. Includes worldwide income earned by a country"s enterprises and permanent residents. Expenditure approach- the importance of consumer spending versus government spending. Including consumption + net exports + government spending + investment. Final goods and services- mostly bought by people who intend to use them. Good bought as investments- example- machinery, tractor- do not use up in producing. Government purchases- include everything from fighter plans to trash bin used in the airport.

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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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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.

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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

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