MACRO CH 7 example #70829

4 June 2023
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The National Income & Product Accounts help economists and policymakers to
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follow the long-run course of the economy to determine whether it has grown or stagnated
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The agency responsible for compiling the National Income Product Accounts for the U.S. economy is the
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Bureau of Economic Analysis
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the system that measure the economy's overall performance is formally known as
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national income accounting
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a nations gross domestic product (GDP)
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can be found by summing C + Ig + G + Xn
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national income accountants can avoid multiple counting by
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only counting final goods
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what kind of transaction would be included in GDP?
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Peter buys a newly constructed house
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the concept of net domestic investment refers to
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total investment less the amount of investment goods used up in producing year's output
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Econ A: gross investments = depreciation Econ B: depreciation exceeds gross investment Econ C: gross investment exceeds depreciation based on this info., positive net investment is occurring in
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economy C only
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GDP is
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monetary value of all final goods and services produced within the borders of a nation in particular year
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GDP can be calculated by summing
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consumption, investment, government purchases, and net exports
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in national income accounting, the consumption category of expenditures includes purchases of
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automobiles for personal use but not houses
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in national income accounting, the consumption category of expenditures includes purchases of
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consumer durable goods, consumer nondurable goods, and services
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net exports are
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exports less imports
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what is not an economic investment?
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the purchase of 100 shares of AT&T by a retired business executive
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which of the following do national income accountants consider to be investment?
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the purchase of a new house
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suppose that inventories were $40 billion in 2015 and $50 billion in 2016. In 2016, national income accountants would...
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add $10 billion to other elements of investment in calculating total investment
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Econ A: gross investments = depreciation Econ B: depreciation exceeds gross investment Econ C: gross investment exceeds depreciation Other things equal, the information suggests that the production capacity in economy...
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econ C is growing more rapidly than that in econ B
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government purchases include government spending on
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government consumption goods and public capital goods
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transfer payments are
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excluded when calculating GDP because they don't reflect current production
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if depreciation (consumption of a fixed capital good) exceeds gross domestic investment, we can conclude that...
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net investment is negative
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when an economy's production capacity is expanding,
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gross domestic invest exceeds depreciation
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value added refers to
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the difference between the value of a firm's output and the value of the inputs it has purchased from others
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assume that a manufacturer of stereo speakers purchases $40 worth of components for each speaker, the completed speaker sells for $70, the value added by the manufacturer for each speaker is...
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$30
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final goods and services refers to
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goods and services purchased by ultimate users, rather than for resale or further processing
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if intermediate goods and services were included in GDP,
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the GDP would be overstated
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what is an example of a final good or service?
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a haircut purchased by a father for his son
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Tom grows fruits & veggies for home consumption. this activity is
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productive by is excluded from GDP b/c no market transaction occurs
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the ZZZ corp. issued $25 million in new common stock in 2016. it used $18 million of proceeds to replace equipment in its factory and $7 million to repay bank loans, as a result investment...
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of $18 million occurred
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national income measures
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the total of all sources of private income plus government revenues form taxes on production and imports
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the amount of after was income received by households is measured by
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disposable income
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what is the difference between national income and personal income?
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national income represents income earned by american-owned resources, while personal income measures received income, whether earned or unearned
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nominal GDP is
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the sum of all monetary transactions involving final goods and services that occur in the economy in a year
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the fact that nominal GDP has risen faster than real GDP
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suggests that the general price level has risen
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a large underground economy results in an
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understated GDP
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the GDP tends to
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understate economic welfare because it does not take into account increases in leisure
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GDP excludes
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the market value of unpaid work in the home
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real GDP refers to
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GDP data that have been adjusted for changes in the price level
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nominal GDP is adjusted for price changes through the use of
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the GDP price index
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a price index is
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a comparison of the current price of a market basket to a fixed point of reference