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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. Temporary and associated with turnover in the labor market






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






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






4. Monetary






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






12. Inflation caused by excess demand in the economy






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






14. Output sacrificed due to unemployment






15. Personal income less income taxes






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. Cost of living allowance






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






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






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






29. Cyclical unemployment is at 0






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






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






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


33. The average of all prices is falling






34. 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






35. Recurrent ups and downs of economic activity






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






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






38. Frictional + structural unemployment






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






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






41. GDP = C + Ig + G + Xn






42. 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.






43. Periodic and predictable economic changes






44. The sale of goods and services to households






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






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






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






49. Consumption - investment - government - and net exports






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