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Economics
Undergraduate 2
03/12/2008

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ependiture approach to GDP
Definition
a method of calculating GDP by adding spending on all the final goods and services produced in the nation during the year
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income approach to GDP
Definition
a method of calculating GDP by adding all payents for resources used to produce output in the nation during the year
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final goods and services
Definition
goods and services to sold to final, or end uers
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intermediate goods and services
Definition
goods and services purchased by firms for further reprocessing and resale
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double counting
Definition
the mistake of including the value of intermediate goods plus the valueof final goods in gross domestic product , counting the same good more than once
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consumption
Definition
household purchases of final goods and services
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investment
Definition
thepurchase of new plants, new equipment, new buildings, and new residences, plus net additions to inventories
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residential construction
Definition
building new homes or dwelling places
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inventories
Definition
producers stocks of finished and in-process goods
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government purchases
Definition
spending for goods and services by all levels of government; government outlays minus transfer payments
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net exports
Definition
the value of countrys 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, usually a year
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aggregate income
Definition
the sum of all income earnedby resource suppliers in an economy during a given period
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value added
Definition
the difference at teach stage of production between the selling price of aproduct and the cost of intermediate goods purchased from other firms
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disposable income (DI)
Definition
the income households have available to spend or to save after paying taxes and receiving transferpayments
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net taxes (NT)
Definition
taxes minus transfer payments
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financial markets
Definition
banks and other financial that facilitates the flow of funds from savers to borrowers
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underground economy
Definition
market exchange that goes unreported either because it is illegal or because those involved want to evade taxes
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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 minus depreciation
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nominal GDP
Definition
GDP based on prices prevailing at the time of the tranaction
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base year
Definition
the year with which other years are compared when constructing an index: the index equals 100 in the base year
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price index
Definition
a number that shows the average price of goods; changes in aprice index over time show changes in the economys average price level
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consumer price index (CPI)
Definition
a measure of inflation based on the cost of a fixed market basket of goods and services
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GDP price index
Definition
a comprehensive price index of all goods and services included in the gross domestic process
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