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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. Cost of living allowance






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






3. The sale of goods and services to households






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






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






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






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






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






9. Consumption - investment - government - and net exports






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






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






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






13. 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)






14. Periodic and predictable economic changes






15. Frictional + structural unemployment






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






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. Personal income less income taxes






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






22. The average of all prices is falling






23. Recurrent ups and downs of economic activity






24. Inflation caused by excess demand in the economy






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






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






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






28. All investment spending by government and business firms






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






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






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






32. Output sacrificed due to unemployment






33. 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.






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






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






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

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






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






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






40. Temporary and associated with turnover in the labor market






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






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






43. 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






44. GDP = C + Ig + G + Xn






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






46. Monetary






47. Cyclical unemployment is at 0






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






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






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