Importance of
Macroeconomic
Measurement
Gross Domestic
Product
Expenditures
Approach
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C HAPTE R
Income Approach
Other National
Accounts
Nominal GDP vs.
Real GDP
Shortcomings of
GDP
Key Terms
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Measuring Domestic Output,
National Income, and
the Price Level
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Importance of
Macroeconomic
Measurement
Gross Domestic
Product
Expenditures
Approach
Income Approach
Other National
Accounts
Nominal GDP vs.
Real GDP
Shortcomings of
GDP
Key Terms
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The Importance of
Macroeconomic Measurement
National Income Accounting:
•Health of the Economy
•Comparisons Over Time
•Formulation of Public Policy
What Are These Accounting
Measures?
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GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
Importance of
Macroeconomic
Measurement
Gross Domestic
Product
Expenditures
Approach
Income Approach
Other National
Accounts
Nominal GDP vs.
Real GDP
Shortcomings of
GDP
Key Terms
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The total market value of all
final goods and services
produced in a given year
•A Monetary Measure
•Avoid Multiple Counting
•Final Goods
•Intermediate Goods
•Value Added
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GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
Importance of
Macroeconomic
Measurement
Gross Domestic
Product
Expenditures
Approach
Income Approach
Other National
Accounts
Nominal GDP vs.
Real GDP
Shortcomings of
GDP
Key Terms
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• Excludes Nonproduction
Transactions
•Financial Transactions
•Public Transfer Payments
•Private Transfer Payments
•Stock Market Transactions
•Secondhand Sales
• Two Approaches
•Expenditures Approach
•Income Approach
more…
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EXPENDITURES APPROACH
Importance of
Macroeconomic
Measurement
Gross Domestic
Product
Expenditures
Approach
Income Approach
Personal Consumption Expenditure ( C )
•Durable Consumer Goods
•Nondurable Consumer Goods
•Consumer Expenditures for Services
Other National
Accounts
Nominal GDP vs.
Real GDP
Shortcomings of
GDP
Key Terms
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EXPENDITURES APPROACH
Importance of
Macroeconomic
Measurement
Personal Consumption Expenditure ( C )
Gross Domestic
Product
Expenditures
Approach
Income Approach
Other National
Accounts
Nominal GDP vs.
Real GDP
Shortcomings of
GDP
Key Terms
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Gross Private Domestic Investment ( Ig )
•Machinery, Equipment, and Tools
•All Construction
•Changes in Inventories
•Noninvestment Transactions
•Gross vs. Net Investment
•Net Private Domestic Investment
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EXPENDITURES APPROACH
Importance of
Macroeconomic
Measurement
Personal Consumption Expenditure ( C )
Gross Domestic
Product
Expenditures
Approach
Income Approach
Gross Private Domestic Investment ( Ig )
Other National
Accounts
Nominal GDP vs.
Real GDP
Shortcomings of
GDP
Key Terms
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Government Purchases ( G )
•Expenditures for Goods & Services
•Expenditures for Social Capital
•Does NOT include Government
Transfer Payments
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EXPENDITURES APPROACH
Importance of
Macroeconomic
Measurement
Personal Consumption Expenditure ( C )
Gross Domestic
Product
Expenditures
Approach
Income Approach
Gross Private Domestic Investment ( Ig )
Other National
Accounts
Nominal GDP vs.
Real GDP
Shortcomings of
GDP
Government Purchases ( G )
Key Terms
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Net Exports ( Xn)
Net Exports (Xn) = Exports (X) – Imports (M)
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EXPENDITURES APPROACH
Importance of
Macroeconomic
Measurement
Gross Domestic
Product
Putting it all together:
Expenditures
Approach
Income Approach
Other National
Accounts
Nominal GDP vs.
Real GDP
GDP = C + Ig + G + Xn
Shortcomings of
GDP
Key Terms
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THE INCOME APPROACH
Importance of
Macroeconomic
Measurement
Gross Domestic
Product
Expenditures
Approach
Income Approach
Other National
Accounts
Nominal GDP vs.
Real GDP
Shortcomings of
GDP
Key Terms
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Compensation of Employees
Rents
Interest
Proprietors’ Income
Corporate Profits
• Corporate Income Taxes
• Dividends
• Undistributed Corporate
Profits
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THE INCOME APPROACH
Importance of
Macroeconomic
Measurement
Gross Domestic
Product
Expenditures
Approach
Income Approach
Other National
Accounts
Nominal GDP vs.
Real GDP
• From National Income to GDP
• Indirect Business Taxes
• Consumption of Fixed Capital
(Depreciation)
• Net Foreign Factor Income
Shortcomings of
GDP
Key Terms
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OTHER NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
Importance of
Macroeconomic
Measurement
Gross Domestic
Product
Expenditures
Approach
Income Approach
Other National
Accounts
Nominal GDP vs.
Real GDP
Shortcomings of
GDP
Key Terms
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U.S. GDP, NDP, NI, PI, & DI, 2000
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Consumption of fixed capital
Net Domestic Product (NDP)
Net foreign factor income earned
in the U.S.
Indirect business taxes
National Income (NI)
Social security contributions
Corporate income taxes
Undistributed corporate profits
Transfer payments
Personal Income (PI)
Personal Taxes
Disposable Income (DI)
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$9966
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$8709
- 9
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$8018
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+1530
$8282
1292
$6990
Importance of
Macroeconomic
Measurement
Gross Domestic
Product
Expenditures
Approach
Income Approach
Other National
Accounts
NOMINAL GDP vs. REAL GDP
• Nominal Values
• Deflate GDP when prices rise
• Inflate GDP when Prices fall
• Nominal GDP
• Calculating Real GDP
(4)
Nominal GDP vs.
Real GDP
(2)
(1)
Price
(3)
or Nominal,
(5)
Units of
Pizza
Price Index
GDP,
Adjusted, or
Year
Output
Per Unit
Year 1 = 100
(1)x(2)
Real, GDP
1
5
$10
100
$ 50
$50
2
7
20
200
140
70
3
8
25
250
200
80
4
10
30
-
-
-
5
11
28
-
-
-
Shortcomings of
GDP
Key Terms
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Unadjusted,
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NOMINAL GDP vs. REAL GDP
Importance of
Macroeconomic
Measurement
Gross Domestic
Product
Expenditures
Approach
Income Approach
• Adjustment Process
• GDP Price Index
Price Index
in a given
year
=
Other National
Accounts
Nominal GDP vs.
Real GDP
Shortcomings of
GDP
Key Terms
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Price of market basket
in specific year
Real GDP
Price of same market
basket in base year
=
Nominal GDP
Price Index
(in hundredths)
An Alternative Method
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Price Index
(in hundredths)
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=
Nominal GDP
Real GDP
x 100
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Importance of
Macroeconomic
Measurement
Gross Domestic
Product
Expenditures
Approach
•Consumer Price Index
CPI =
Income Approach
Other National
Accounts
Nominal GDP vs.
Real GDP
Shortcomings of
GDP
Key Terms
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Price of 1993-1995 market
basket in any given year
Price of the same market
basket in 1982-1984
x 100
SHORTCOMINGS OF GDP
Importance of
Macroeconomic
Measurement
Gross Domestic
Product
Expenditures
Approach
Income Approach
Other National
Accounts
Nominal GDP vs.
Real GDP
Shortcomings of
GDP
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• Nonmarket Transactions
• Leisure
• Improved Product Quality
• The Underground Economy
• GDP and the Environment
• Composition and Distribution
of Output
• Per Capita Output
• Noneconomic Sources of WellBeing
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GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
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Macroeconomic
Measurement
Gross Domestic
Product
Expenditures
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The Underground Economy as a Percent of GDP
0
Greece
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Belgium
Sweden
Germany
France
Holland
United
Kingdom
Japan
United States
Switzerland
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5
10
15
20
25
30
Source: The Journal of Economic Literature, 2000
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Macroeconomic
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Gross Domestic
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Expenditures
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Other National
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Conclusions
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national income accounting
gross domestic product
intermediate goods
final goods
multiple counting
value added
expenditures approach
income approach
personal consumption
expenditures (C)
gross private domestic
investment (Ig)
net private domestic
investment
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government purchases (G)
net exports (Xn)
national income
indirect business taxes
consumption of fixed capital
net domestic product (NDP)
personal income (PI)
disposable income (DI)
nominal GDP
price index
real GDP
consumer price index (CPI)
per capita output
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Macroeconomic
Measurement
Gross Domestic
Product
Expenditures
Approach
Income Approach
Other National
Accounts
Nominal GDP vs.
Real GDP
Shortcomings of
GDP
Key Terms
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