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Example
A Simple Economy
Steel Company
Revenue from sales Expenses (wages) Profit $100
80
20
$210
$70 100
Car Company
Revenue from sales Expenses
Wages Steel purchases
Profit
40
Calculating GDP
Method 1: GDP is the value of the final goods and services produced by the economy during a given period Method 2: GDP is the sum of valued added produced. Method 3: GDP is the sum of incomes in the economy...
Nominal GDP: sum of final goods produced times their current price
Growth due to quantity (production) Growth due to prices
Year 0 Q Potatoes 100,000 Cars 10 Nominal GDP P $1 $10,000 Value 100,000 100,000 200,000
Year 1 Q Potatoes 100,000 Cars 11 Nominal GDP P $1.2 $10,000 Value 120,000 110,000 230,000
High unemployment often comes hand on hand with low participation rate :
L/Pop of working age
Deficits
Budget deficit
Gov. Expenditure > Gov. Revenue
Production Income
Demand