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CLEP Macroeconomics: Measurement Of Economic Performance

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1. 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)






2. 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.






3. Output sacrificed due to unemployment






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Consumption - investment - government - and net exports






11. Cost of living allowance






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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. Maximum output of business cycle






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






26. Monetary






27. 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






28. Periodic and predictable economic changes






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






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






31. 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






32. GDP = C + Ig + G + Xn






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






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






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






36. Measures the prices of a fixed market basket of over 300 consumer goods and services purchased by the typical urban consumer






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






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






39. Personal income less income taxes






40. The sale of goods and services to households






41. The average of all prices is falling






42. The total net sales of goods sold abroad minus the total net spent on purchases from other countries






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






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






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






46. All investment spending by government and business firms






47. Frictional + structural unemployment






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






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






50. 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