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Macroeconomics Chapter 5
Chapter 5
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Economics
Undergraduate 1
04/12/2013

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Term
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Definition
The market value of final goods and services produced in a country at a given time.
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Market Value
Definition
Evaluating each good at the price it sells for.
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Final Good/Service
Definition
Newly produced products that are not intermediate or used.
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Gross National Product (GNP)
Definition
The value of output produced by Canadian factors of production, no matter where in the world they are located.
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Expenditure Approach (of calculating GDP)
Definition
GDP = C + I + G + (EX-IM)
GDP = C + I + G + NX
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Income Approach (of calculating GDP)
Definition
Adding up the income received by all factors in production of final goods.
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Nominal GDP
Definition
What is actually spent on goods and services, or what is earned for their production using "current" prices.
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Real GDP
Definition
Evaluates a year's production based on past prices.
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Working-Age Population
Definition
Those in the labour force + those not in the labour force.
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Labour Force
Definition
The employed + the unemployed.
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Unemployment Rate
Definition
The unemployed / the labour force.
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Labour Force Participation Rate
Definition
The labour force / the working-age population.
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Employment Rate
Definition
The employed / the working-age population.
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Discouraged Worker
Definition
Someone unemployed for so long they have up looking for work and left the labour force.
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Involuntary Part-Time Worker
Definition
A person won accepts a part-time job or job not using their skills.
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