Macroeconomics, Exam 2

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national income accounting

the techniques used to measure the overall production of the economy and other related variables for the nation as a whole

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Price

Measure of value of a good or service

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GDP

Final output dollar value

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Intermediate goods

goods used in the production of final goods

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GDP measurements

Exclude intermediate goods

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GDP

Output produced within a nation's borders

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Gdp

Makes it easier to compare economic activity globally

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GDP per capita

Used by a measure of a country's standard of living, is gdp divided by population

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Nonmarket activities

GDP measurements exclude goods/services produced but not sold

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How much money in underground market?

$2 trillion

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Gdp

Important use: measure how production changes every year

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Real GDP

Nominal GDP/ Price Index

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Nominal GDP

the value of final goods and services evaluated at current-year prices

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GDP equals

National income

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Real GDP=

(Nominal GDP/Price Index) x 100

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GDP

Consumption + investments + government expenditures + exports + imports

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statistical discrepancy

Makes up for nonmarket income

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Personal income

pretax income received by households

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disposable income

Personal income left after taking out taxes

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unemployment & inflation

Two major economic problems

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Unemployed person

No job & is actively seeking one

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Loss of output

Cost of unemployment

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Labor force

the total number of workers, including both the employed and the unemployed

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Not labor force

Not working and not looking for work

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Labor force shot up

From 1960-90 bc of women joining

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Population growth and immigration

why does the labor force grow?

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How much does the labor force grow by every year?

2 million workers

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increases production possibilities

labor force growth

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unemployment

idled resources- the economy operates inside the production possibilities curve and is inefficient

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okun's law

1 percent more unemployment results in 2 percent decrease in gdp

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unemployment rate formula

number of unemployed/ labor force

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unemployment is higher for

men than women

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unemployment is higher for

black and Hispanics more than whites

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unemployment is higher for

less educated than highly educated

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unemployment is higher for

teens than older

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duration of unemployment

lowers when the economy is growing and rises when economy stagnates/declines--- the trend is the same as unemployment rate

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reasons for unemplohment

1! lost job

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2- reentrants

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3-new entrants

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4- left job

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dicouraged workers

former job seekers who have given up and aren't looking for a job anymore

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underemployed

people who want full time work in their field but can only find part time or work below their capacity--- still count as employed

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phantom employed

pretend to look for a job to receive public assistance but don't actually want one-- still count as unemployed

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human cost of unemployment

loss of income, loss of confidence, social stress, lost lives (suicide)

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Full employment

not the same as no unemployment

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full employment

the lowest unemployment rate compatible with price stability; zero cyclical unemployment--ranges between 4-6%

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seasonal unemployment

seasonal work ends-- lawncare, etc--normal

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frictional unemployment

brief period of unemployment experienced by people moving between jobs or into the labor market-- normal

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structural unemployment

caused by a mismatch between skills or location of job seekers and requirements/ location of available jobs-- normal

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cyclical unemployment

caused by decline in economic activity--not normal

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inflation flashpoint

rate of output at which inflationary pressures intensify-- at or below 4% unemployment

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changes in structural unemployment

come from changes in society

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inflation

increase in average level of prices

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Consumer Price Index (CPI)

a measure of the overall cost of the goods and services bought by a typical consumer

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market mechanism

causes prices of individual goods and services to rise or fall

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relative price

price of one good compared to price of other good,, buyers switch from one good to another when their relative prices diverge

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inflation

is not a market function

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effects of inflation

some prices rise and some fall

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real income

income in constant dollars, adjusted for inflation

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nominal income

income in current dollars

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effect of inflation

can be seen in difference between nominal income and real income

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inflation causes

a redistribution of wealth, seen in price changes, income changes, & wealth changes

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price effects due to inflation

if you buy products whose prices rise faster-- you're worse off. if you sell faster-- you're better off

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income effects due to inflation

nominal income rising slower than inflation- you're worse off

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income rising faster than inflation-- you're better off

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wealth effects due to inflation

assets declining in real value- worse off

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assets increasing in real value- better off

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money illusion

using nominal dollars rather than real dollars to gauge changes in one's income or wealth

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macro consequences of inflation

uncertainty, speculation, bracket creep

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uncertainty

not knowing prices of goods in the future makes purchasing & production decisions much harder

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speculation

decisions shift from standard economic activity to betting on future prices of goods

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bracket creep

in a progressive tax system, when nominal incomes rise, the taxpayer gets pushed into a higher tax bracket

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deflation

a decrease in the general level of prices

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redistributive effects-- opposite of those for inflation

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GDP deflator

most accurate.

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changes in prices of all goods and services are included, used to adjust nominal gdp to real gdp

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before the 1930s…

people thought that a market driven economy was inherently stable (laissez faire)

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classical economics

the economy "self-adjusts" to any deviations from its long-term growth.

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wages and prices are flexible

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say's law

supply creates its own demand

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all that is produced will be sold, all who want employment will be hired at some point

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macrofailure

self adjustment mechanism did not work- great depression

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John Maynard Keynes

analyzed great depression- concluded that self-adjusted didn't happen bc of insufficient demand

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suggested that the way out of depression was to buy more output

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& employ more people

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& provide more income transfers

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& make more money available

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For an overheated economy, Keynes proposed

-Higher taxes

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-Gov spending reductions

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-Reduce availability of money

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business cycle

peak, trough, contraction, recovery

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peak

gdp maximizes

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contraction

gdp declines

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trough

gdp minimizes