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Macro Econ Test 5,7,8,9
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Economics
Undergraduate 2
03/12/2008

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Income Approach to GDP
Definition
method of calculating GDP by adding all payment for resources used to produce output in the nation during the year
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Expenditure Approach to GDP
Definition
calculating GDP by adding spending on all final goods and services procued during a year
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Intermediate Goods and Services
Definition
goods and services purchased by firms for further preprocessing and resale
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Double Counting
Definition
the mistake of including intermediate goods plus the calue of final goods in GDP; counting the same good more than once
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Phyiscal Capital
Definition
manufactured items used to produce goods and services, inclueds equipment
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Net exports
Definition
The values of a country's exports minus the value of its imports
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Aggregate Expenditure
Definition
Total spending on final goods and services during a given period..a year
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Aggregate Income
Definition
sum of all incom earned by resource supplies during a given period
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Disposable Income
Definition
the income houshols have available to spend or save after paying taxes and recieving transfer payments
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Net taxes
Definition
taxes -  transfer payments
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Financial Markets

Definition
banks and other financial institutions that facillitate the flow of funds from savers to borrowers
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Depreciation
Definition
the value of capital stock used up to produce GDP or that becomes obsolete during a year
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Net Domestic Product
Definition
Gross domestic product - depreciation
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Nominal GDP
Definition

GDP bases on prices prevailling at the time of the transaction; current dollar GDP

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Price Index

Definition
A number that shows the avera price of goods, changes in price index over time show changes in the economy's average price level
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Consumer Price Index
Definition
a measure of inflation based on the cost of a fixed market basket of goods and services
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