ECO 121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Unix System Iii, Gdp Deflator

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Micro vs. macro: microeconomics, the study of how individual households and firms make decisions, interact with each other in markets, macroeconomics, the study of the economy as a whole. Income and expenditure: gdp, measures total income of everyone in the economy, also, (cid:373)easures total e(cid:454)pe(cid:374)ditures o(cid:374) the e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)(cid:455)"s output of goods a(cid:374)d services. Real versus nominal gdp: inflation can distort economic variables like gdp, so we have two versions of. Gdp: nominal gdp, values output using current prices, not corrected for inflation, real gdp, values output using the prices of a base year, is corrected for inflation. Gdp and economic well-being: real gdp per capita is the main indicator of the a(cid:448)erage perso(cid:374)"s sta(cid:374)dard of living, but gdp is not a measure of well-being. Gdp does not value: the quality of the environment, leisure time, non-market activity, such as the child care a parent provides at home, an equitable distribution of income.

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The economy's income and expenditure The following diagram presents a circular-flow model of a simple economy. The outer set of arrows (shown in green) shows the flow of dollars, and the inner set of arrows (shown in red) shows the corresponding flow of inputs and outputs.

Based on this model, households earn income when ________ purchase _________ in markets for factors of production.

(i) firms; labor and capital

(ii) households; goods and services

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Which of the following statements about GDP is correct

A) Money continuously flows from households to firms and then back to households, and GDP measures this flow of money

B) GDP measures two things at once: the total income of everyone in the economy and the total expenditure on the economy’s output of goods and services.

C) While not perfect, GDP is generally regarded as the best single measure of a society’s economic well-being.

D) All of the above are correct.

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What is the market for factors of production?

What is the market for factors of production?
1. The market for factors of production is where households and firms interact to trade factors of production for factor payments. For example this is where people provide firms with labor and firms pay them with wages.
What is the money market?
1. The money market is where households, firms, and the government may save and/or invest their money to earn interests. Money market includes banks, stock market, bonds market, and other financial institutions where economic actors can buy and sell financial assets to earn interests and/or dividends.
Who are the three economic actors in the circular flow model?
1. In a circular flow model, the three main economic actors are the households, firms, and the government. Households include the typical individual consumers. Firms include businesses and similar producers in the economy. Finally, the government refers to the whole government system from federal to local level.
How is the national income of an economy determined?
1. The national income of an economy is determined by measuring the total value of the output produced in an economy or the total income earned by the actors in the economy. In a circular flow model, we can see that the value of total output produced should equal the total value of income generated and earned in the economy. This is because every dollar spent by someone in the economy is received by another person in the economy as income.
What is GDP?
1. The gross domestic product or GDP represents the sum total of the value of the final goods and services produced within the economy for a given year. It is the most commonly used measure of its economy’s productivity and income.

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