Macroeconomic Indicators: GDP, National Income, and Unemployment Classification

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What does GDP represent in terms of a nation's economy?
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What additional information is needed to determine if GDP has changed when Smith pays $100 to Jones?
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If the GDP in 2015 is $500 billion, what can be concluded about the economy?
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In national income accounting, what does the consumption category of expenditures include?
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How are net exports calculated in an economy?
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When are net exports considered negative for a nation?
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If net foreign factor income is zero and there are no statistical discrepancies, what does the sum of national income and the consumption of fixed capital equal?
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How is Net Domestic Product (NDP) calculated if there are no statistical discrepancies?
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Which of the following best describes national income?
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Why might a difference between nominal and real GDP arise when comparing GDP data over a period of years?
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How would a college graduate using the summer following graduation to search for a job be classified?
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What type of unemployment involves a mismatch of the skills of unemployed workers and the skills required for available jobs?
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What is the relationship between the size of the negative GDP gap and the unemployment rate?
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What happens to the unemployment rate if actual GDP is less than potential GDP?
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If the Consumer Price Index rises from 300 to 333 in a particular year, what is the rate of inflation for that year?
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How can the number of years required for the price level to double be found using the 'rule of 70'?
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During a period of hyperinflation, what do people tend to do with their money?
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Why is inflation considered undesirable in an economy?
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What occurs during a trough in the business cycle?
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What happens during the expansion phase of the business cycle?
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For a nation's real GDP per capita to rise during a year, what must occur?
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Why is economic growth advantageous to a nation?
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For comparing changes in potential military strength and political preeminence, what is the most meaningful measure of economic growth?
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Which economic region has experienced the least growth in real GDP per capita since 1820?
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Which economic region has experienced the most growth in real GDP per capita since 1820?
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What is the most accurate statement about the prospects for poorer (follower) countries catching up with richer (leader) countries?
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What does the 'rule of 70' help determine?
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If a nation's average annual real GDP growth rate is 2.5%, how many years would it take for the nation's real GDP to double according to the 'rule of 70'?
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A nation's real GDP will increase by increasing the following, except:
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The number of worker-hours available in an economy is determined by the following, except:
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What happens if depreciation exceeds gross investment in an economy?
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What is the largest component of total expenditures in the United States?
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What does Real GDP measure?
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What is the formula to find the Price Index?
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What is the formula to find GDP?
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How is Net Domestic Product (NDP) calculated?
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How is Disposable Income (DI) calculated?
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What is the formula for National Income?
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What does national income accounting measure?
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Which financial transactions are excluded from GDP calculations?
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What type of sales are excluded from GDP calculations?
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What does Personal Consumption Expenditures (C) include?
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What does Gross Private Domestic Investment (Ig) include?
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What do Government Purchases (G) include?
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How are Net Exports (Xn) calculated?
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Which country had the highest GDP in 2020?
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How is consumption calculated?
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How is the Inflation Premium calculated?
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What does Nominal GDP represent?
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What does Real GDP reflect?
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What is the formula for Real GDP?
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Which country leads in the underground economy as a percentage of GDP?
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What does economic growth represent?
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How is the approximate number of years required to double real GDP calculated?
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How much did Real GDP increase from 1950 to 2021?
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How much did Real GDP per capita increase from 1950 to 2021?
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How is Real GDP per Capita calculated?
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What are some characteristics of modern economic growth?
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How is catching up possible for follower countries?
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What are some institutional structures of growth?
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What is the demand factor in economic growth?
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What is the efficiency factor in economic growth?
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How is Real GDP also calculated?
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What are the factors affecting productivity growth?
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Which country ranks first in average test scores of eighth-grade students in math and science?
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What was the average rate of growth from 1973 to 2021, and how did it affect the economy?
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What factors contributed to the rise in average productivity growth between 1995 and 2010?
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Which country ranks first in the world competitiveness rankings?
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What are some key statistics about women's participation in the U.S. workforce?
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What are the phases of the business cycle?
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What was the duration and depth of the U.S. recession from 2007 to 2009?
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What was the duration and depth of the U.S. recession in 2020?
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What is a characteristic of economic shocks?
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What are some causes of shocks in the business cycle?
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Which goods are most affected by shocks?
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Which goods are less affected by shocks?
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What is the formula for the unemployment rate?
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How are involuntary part-time workers counted in unemployment statistics?
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How are discouraged workers counted in unemployment statistics?
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What is structural unemployment?
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What does it indicate if the economy starts to go right of the line?
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What is cyclical unemployment?
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How is the GDP gap calculated?
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What does Okun's Law state about cyclical unemployment and GDP gap?
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What are some noneconomic costs of unemployment?
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What is inflation and why is it significant?
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What was the highest inflation rate during 1978-1980?
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What causes cost-push inflation?
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What does core inflation exclude and focus on?
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What is nominal income?
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What is real income?
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What is frictional unemployment?
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How is the percentage change in real income calculated?
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Who is hurt by inflation?
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Who is unaffected by inflation?
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What are real interest rates?
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What are nominal interest rates?
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What is the formula for nominal interest rate?
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What are some effects of deflation?
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