A | B |
accuaracy in counting | problem because of vast amounts of info calculated for GDP |
CNN, wallstreet, radio news | Sources of GDP info |
Double counting | Counting a good before AND at the final sale |
economic domestic problem | poverty, undereducation, inadequate medical care |
employment rate | This decreases as production decreases |
Exports | goods and services sold to other countries |
GDP | Final total value of all goods and services produced within a country in a year |
gross private domestic investment | consists of all purchases of capital equipments and inventories |
Imports | Goods and services purchased from other countries |
Better resource allocation | converting an empty office building would do this |
inflation | a rapid rise in price when demand exceeds supply |
Intermediate products | itmes that are a part of other finished products |
Net Exports | includes the difference between how much is imported and exported |
Personal consumption expenditures | includes the final market value of all goods and services purchased for direct consumption by individuals families and non profits |
Planning | GDP can be used to guide this |
recession | 2 quarter decline in GDP |
Productivity increase | A better utilization of the same capital and labor resources results in this |
Quality of products | GDP cannot determine this |
Transfer payments | Money received from the government but no goods or services are exchanged |
uncounted production | Housekeeping |
Underground economy | Trransactions for which no receipts are kept illegally |