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CLEP Macroeconomics: Measurement Of Economic Performance

Subjects : clep, economics
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Used for comparing the price of a specific market basket of goods and services in one particular year to the price in a base year






2. Those that are used to produce other goods that will eventually be sold (miller sells flour to a baker); not counted in GDP






3. Wages - represents monies earned by labor - including pensions - workman's compensation - and insurance






4. Phase of the business cycle which is characterized by a period of at least six months where there is a decline in total output - income and employment






5. Government purchase of goods and services; does not include transfer payments and expenditures for servicing the national debt or investment goods






6. Cost of living allowance






7. Measures GDP by adding up all that is spent by various consumers on this year's total output of final goods and services; also called gross national expenditure (GNE)






8. Results from a pattern of work that changes due to seasonal fluctuations in demand or due to changing weather conditions






9. Allows us to keep tabs on the economic health of society and to develop policies that will improve that health






10. The sale of goods and services to households






11. All people living in a society who are of legal age to work






12. A basic accounting measure of total production of goods and services of the national economy in one year






13. (1) final purchases of machinery and equipment by governments and business; (2) all construction; and (3) changes in inventories






14. The civilian labor force expressed as a percentage of the labor force population






15. Phase of the business cycle where output and employment are at their lowest levels






16. Personal income less income taxes






17. Caused by the actions of people who have come to expect a certain amount of inflation in the economy






18. Calculate spending and income: what is spent on a product is received as income by those who contributed to the product's production. the spending amount and income amount should equal one another.






19. GDP = C + Ig + G + Xn






20. Inflation arising from the supply or cost side of the economy






21. Results from laborers having a mismatched skill set with what is demanded by the current labor market






22. Monetary






23. For every 1% the actual unemployment rate exceeds the natural (frictional + structural) unemployment rate - a 2.5% GDP gap occurs


24. The number of dollars one receives as wages - rent - interest or profit






25. Measures national income as the sum of the incomes received by productive resources in the economy; also called Gross Domestic Income (GDI)






26. Temporary and associated with turnover in the labor market






27. Output measured at base year prices - and thus adjusted






28. The average of all prices is falling






29. The sale of a finished good or product directly to a consumer (baker sells bread to customer); counted in GDP






30. Second-hand sales (goods not produced that year) and financial transactions (moving money from x to y); not counted in GDP






31. The price index that puts all goods and services in the market basket; measures the overall price level change - not just a change in price of typical consumer goods






32. Excess unemployment caused because the economy deviates from the long run output potential of the economy






33. Phase of the business cycle where output and employment begin to move toward full employment






34. (1) wages - (2) rents - (3) profits - (4) interest - (5) misc






35. Cyclical unemployment is at 0






36. A person who is available for and looking for work - but has none






37. Periodic and predictable economic changes






38. (base year basket valued at current year prices/base year basket valued at base year prices) x 100






39. Frictional + structural unemployment






40. All people who are either employed or unemployed - but excludes people who are institutionalized or in the military






41. Maximum output of business cycle






42. Shows how money and goods and services flow between the various markets and players in the economy






43. Income earned that is available to resource suppliers and others before payment of personal taxes






44. Inflation caused by excess demand in the economy






45. The percentage of unemployed workers in the civilian labor force






46. Income earned by the factors of production for their current contributions to production; total dollar value of all final goods and services produced for consumption in society during a particular time period






47. GDI = w + i + r + pi + misc






48. Used to calculate how long it will take for prices to double; divide the number 70 by the annual inflation rate to find out how many years it will take for prices to double






49. Measures the amount of goods and services one's money can buy; measures purchasing power






50. Total income earned by resource suppliers for their contributions to the production of the GNP