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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. GDP = C + Ig + G + Xn






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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Temporary and associated with turnover in the labor market






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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. Recurrent ups and downs of economic activity






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






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






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






23. The sale of goods and services to households






24. Personal income less income taxes






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






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






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






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






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


30. Cost of living allowance






31. All investment spending by government and business firms






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






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






34. Output sacrificed due to unemployment






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






36. Frictional + structural unemployment






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






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






39. Cyclical unemployment is at 0






40. 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.






41. Monetary






42. 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)






43. Periodic and predictable economic changes






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






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






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






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






48. Maximum output of business cycle






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






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