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






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






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






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






6. A sustained rise in the general price level of an economy






7. 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






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






9. 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.






10. Consumption - investment - government - and net exports






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






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






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






14. 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






15. Periodic and predictable economic changes






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






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






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






19. Output measured at current prices - and thus unadjusted figure for GDP






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






21. Output sacrificed due to unemployment






22. Recurrent ups and downs of economic activity






23. Temporary and associated with turnover in the labor market






24. Those who are on ______ incomes are hurt most by inflation






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






26. 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






27. Cost of living allowance






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






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






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






31. 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)






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






33. Inflation caused by excess demand in the economy






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






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






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






37. Personal income less income taxes






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


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






40. All investment spending by government and business firms






41. The sale of goods and services to households






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






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






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






45. Frictional + structural unemployment






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






47. Cyclical unemployment is at 0






48. The average of all prices is falling






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






50. Monetary