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January 2015
Economics
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Economics
Undergraduate 2
01/26/2015

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Term
GDP
Definition
Gross Domestic Product: the market value of all final goods and services produced w/ in a country in a given period of time
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GDP
Definition
All goods measured in the same units. (ex. American dollars), things that don't have a market value are excluded (ex. housework)
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GDP
Definition
Includes tangible and intangible goods, only goods currently being produced are measured, measures the value of production that occurs w/in a country
Term
GDP
Definition
Total spending; made of 4 components: Consumption(C), Investment(I), Government(G), Net Exports(NX)
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Consumption
Definition
Total spending by households on goods and services
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Investment
Definition
Total spending on goods that will be used in the future to produce more goods. Including: capital equipment (ex. machines/tools), structures (ex. factories, office buildings,houses), inventories (ex. goods produced but not yet sold)
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Government Purchases
Definition
All spending on the g&s purchased by gov't at the federal, state, and local levels, excludes transfer payments (e.g. social security or unemployment)
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Net Exports
Definition
NX= exports-imports, exports represent foreign spending on the economy's g&s
*Y= C+I+G+NX*
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Nominal GDP
Definition
Values output using current prices, not corrected for inflation
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Real GDP
Definition
Values output using base year, corrected for inflation
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