ECON1102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Gross Domestic Product

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Gdp: measuring total production, income and economic growth. Total production is measured by gross domestic product (gdp), which is the market value of all final goods and services produced in an economy during a period. When we measure the value of total production in the economy by calculating gdp, we are simultaneously measuring the value of total income. Gdp is divided into four major categories of expenditure: consumption, investment, government purchases and net exports. Government transfer payments are not included in gdp because they are payments to individuals for which the government does not receive a good or service in return. We can also calculate gdp by adding up the value added of every firm involved in producing final goods and services. The non-observed economy includes household production, which refers to goods and services people produce for themselves, and production in the underground economy, which consists of concealed buying and selling.

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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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Question 1 Gross domestic product (GDP) measures the economy's production of

A) final goods and services.

B) intermediate goods.

C) consumer goods and services.

D) capital goods.

Question 2 Because GDP is measured in dollars per year, GDP is called a

A) stock.

B) flow.

C) cycle.

D) chain.

Question 3 Which of the following would not be included in the gross private domestic investment (I) category of GDP?

A) A retailer's additions to its inventories.

B) A bakery's purchase of a new oven.

C) A trader's purchase on NASDAQ stocks.

D) Newly built residential construction.

Question 4 Which of the following government payments would be included in the government consumption expenditures and gross investment (G) category of GDP?

A) A firefighter's monthly paycheck.

B) A retired grandmother's Social Security check.

C) A retired colonel's veteran's benefits.

D) A laid-off auto worker's unemployment conpensation check.

Question 5 The largest component in the income approach to measuring GDP is

A) compensation of employees.

B) rents.

C) profits.

D) net interest.

Question 6 Which approach to calculating GDP attempts to measure employee compensation, rents, profits, and net interest?

A) The circular-flow approach.

B) The product-market approach.

C) The income approach.

D) The expenditure approach.

Question 7 In recent years, people have benefited from greater amounts of leisure time. This trend

A) has caused GDP to rise.

B) has caused GDP to fall.

C) made GDP fluctuate randomly.

D) is not accounted for in the GDP statistic.

Question 8 National income (NI) is calculated by adjusting GDP for

A) depreciation of capital.

B) investment and net exports.

C) Social Security insurance contributions and transfer payments.

D) corporate and personal income taxes.

Question 9 If an economy's real GDP has increased, we can conclude that the economy

A) is inflationary.

B) has increased its production.

C) suffers from recession.

D) needs a tax cut.

Question 10 In the circular flow model, investment, government spending, and exports are classified as

A) injections.

B) leakages.

C) transfers.

D) consumption expenditures.

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

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

(7)

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

(8)

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.

(9)

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.

(10)

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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