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Chapter 4: Measuring GDP and Economic Growth. Objectives: Define GDP and use circular flow model to explain how GDP can be measured from income or expenditure side. Measurement of GDP and its major components. GDP as a measure of economic growth. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Chapter 4: Measuring GDP and Economic Growth
Objectives:1.Define GDP and use circular flow model to explain how GDP can be measured from income or expenditure side.2.Measurement of GDP and its major components.3.GDP as a measure of economic growth.4.Limitations of GDP as a measure of economic growth or the standard of living.
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Definition of GDP• GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is the market value of all
final goods and services produced in a country in a given time period.
– Market value• goods & services are valued at their market prices.• GDP rises if prices rise (more on this later)
– Final goods and services• Bought by final user• Intermediate goods are produced by one firm, bought by
another, and used as a component of a final good or service.• Exlude intermediate goods to avoid double counting.
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• Produced within a country– Any domestic production, regardless of who owns the
resources• In a given time period– Production during a specific year (sales of used items
excluded, except value of service in sale)– Inventory adjustments account for goods produced in
one year but sold in another• if inventories rise by $10 million during 2010, $10 million is
added to sales of final goods & services since it reflects goods produced but not sold during 2010.
• If inventories fall by $10 million during 2010, $10 million is subtracted from sales of final goods & services because $10 million was sold during 2010 that was produced prior to 2010.
Definition of GDP
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• Households sell factors of production the firms in factor markets– Factors of production: land, labor, capital• Wages for labor• Interest for loans used to purchase capital• Rent for the use of land• Profit to owners of capital
• Total income paid to households=Y
GDP and Circular Flow
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Expenditure Components of GDP• Consumption (C)– total payment for consumer goods and services
• Investment (I)– purchase of new plant, equipment, and buildings – additions to inventories
• Government spending (G): – government purchases ofgoods and services from firms– excludes “transfer payments” such as Social Security,
Unemployment Insurance• Net exports (X-M)– (exports-imports)– Imports subtracted because counted as part of C,I,G and
are not part of domestic production.
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Y=total income; C=consumption; I=investment; G=government purchases; X-M=exports-imports=net exports
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GDP: Income & Expenditure Approach
• GDP can be measured by income or expenditure side
• Circular flow demonstrates thatY = C + I + G + (X-M)
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Gross vs Net Domestic Product
• GDP is before subtracting depreciation (capital consumption allowance)
• NDP =GDP- CCA– NDP is “net of” depreciation.
• Net investment = Gross investment (I) – CCA
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GDP: The Expenditure Side
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GDP: The Income Side• Income includes
1. Compensation of employees 2. Rental income 3. Net interest 4. Corporate profits 5. Proprietors’ income
• Two adjustments to income required:1.Indirect taxes minus subsidies are added to get from
factor cost to market prices.2. Depreciation (or capital consumption) is added to get
from net domestic product to gross domestic product
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GDP: The Income Side
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GDP: Adjusting for changes in prices
Nominal GDP • the value of goods and services produced during a given
year valued at the prices that prevailed in that same year.• Nominal GDP is a more precise name for GDP.
Real GDP • the value of final goods and services produced in a given
year when valued at the prices of a reference base year.
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2000 2010
Product Quantity Price Quantity Price
computers 100 $500 120 $600
refrigerators 50 $1000 100 $1500
Nominal GDP
Real GDP (2000 base year)
Real GDP (2010 base year)
GDP-deflator (2000 base year)
GDP-deflator (2010 base year)
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GDP Deflator
• GDP deflator– Provides a comparison of current and base year
prices
100GDP Real
GDP Nominaldeflator -GDP
t
t xt
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Uses of Real GDP
• Use Real GDP per capita to – compare the standard of living over time– compare the standard of living across countries
• In 1958, real GDP per person was $12,883 and in 2008, it was $38,422
• Two sources of growth in standard of living– Growth of potential GDP per capita• Potential GDP = GDP if economy is at full employment
– Fluctuations of real GDP around potential GDP
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Lucas Wedge• dollar value of the accumulated gap between what real GDP
per person would have been if the 1960s growth rate had persisted and what real GDP per person turned out to be.
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Temporary fluctuations in GDP:The Business Cycle
• 4 stages to a business cycle– Peak– Recession– Trough– Expansion
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Comparing Standard of Living Across Countries
• Use per capita real GDP• Must make two adjustments– Convert into common currency– Goods and services must be valued at same prices
• Using the exchange rate to convert can be problematic because prices of some products may differ after conversion
• Purchasing Power Parity exchange rate is the exchange rate that would make the prices of goods and services equal across countries.
• Using actual exchange rate instead of PPP exchange rate causes underestimate of standard of living in less developed countries.
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•With actual exchange rates, China RGDP per capita is 5% of that in U.S. •With PPP exchange rates, China RDDP per capita is 12.5% of that in U.S.
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Real GDP per capita across the world
Source: http://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/index.php
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Limitations of GDP as measure of standard of living
• Household production• Underground economic activity• Health and life expectancy• Leisure time• Environmental quality• Political freedom and social justice