ECON 202 Lecture 2: Chap2-Spring2016

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7 Jul 2016

School

University of Waterloo

Department

Economics

Course

ECON 202

Professor

Joseph Dejuan

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National income accounting: gross domestic product (gdp) The total value of goods and services produced in an economy: fundamental identity of national income accounting: Total production = total expenditure = total income. Measuring gdp: production approach, expenditure approach, income approach. Measuring gdp: the production approach: gross domestic product (gdp) Is the current market value of all final goods and services newly produced in the economy during a fixed period of time. In the case of apples and oranges, we multiply their prices and quantities, and then add them up: gdp = (price of apples quantity of apples) + (price of oranges quantity of oranges) Not all goods and services are counted in gdp because they are: Many nonmarket goods and services are counted in gdp by their imputed values. Gdp includes only goods and services that are newly produced in the current period. If you buy a 3-year-old car from a car dealership.

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Real versus nominal GDP

Consider a simple economy that produces two goods: apples and oranges. The following table shows the prices and quantities for the goods over a three-year period.

Year	Apples		Oranges
	Price	Quantity	Price	Quantity
	(Dollars per apple)	(Number of apples)	(Dollars per orange)	(Number of oranges)
2010	1	120	1	195
2011	2	130	4	195
2012	4	130	4	145

A. Use the information from the previous table to fill in the following table.

Year	Nominal GDP	Real GDP	GDP Deflator
Year	(Dollars)	(Base year 2010, Dollars)	GDP Deflator
2010
2011
2012

B. From 2011 to 2012, change in nominal GDP is __________, and real GDP is ________.

C. The inflation rate in 2012 was ____________.

D. Why is real GDP a more accurate measure of an economy's production than nominal GDP?

a. Real GDP does not include the value of intermediate goods and services, but nominal GDP does.

b. Real GDP includes the value of exports, but nominal GDP does not.

c. Real GDP is not influenced by price changes, but nominal GDP is.

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) only measures the value of marketed goods and services for a country during a given period of time.

Is the GDP measure underestimating or overestimating national production and total income in the economy? Why?

What are the limitations of the GDP in measuring total output and national welfare? What products (services) are excluded from the GDP computation?

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Calculate the missing data.

Calculate missing data from the table.

Income/Expenditure Flows	Amount (in billions)
Consumption expenditure	$7
Government expenditure	$5
Depreciation	$3
Net taxes	$2
Investment	$4
Net exports	$1
Expenditures
Income
GDP

Calculate the following.

Using the data from a partial set of national income and expenditure data, address the following:

Calculate gross domestic product (GDP) using the expenditure approach.

Determine net domestic product, gross national product (GNP), and statistical discrepancy.

Item	Amount in 2010 (in billions)
Government expenditure (G) =	$8
Consumption expenditure (C) =	$20
Investment (I) =	$5
Net exports (NX) =	$1.5
GDP (expenditure approach)=
Total wages =	$21
Net operating surplus =	$11
Net domestic product =
Indirect taxes minus subsidies =	$3.5
Capital consumption =	$2
GDP (income approach)=
Statistical discrepancy =
Net factor income from abroad =	$5.5
GNP =

Consider the tables.

Given production and price data below, address the following:

Calculate an economy's nominal GDP and real GDP.

In 2000:

Item	Quantity (millions)	Price ($/unit)	Expenditure (millions of $)
Socks	15	5	75
SIM cards	20	2	40
Defense Budget	9	5	45

Real/Nominal GDP = 160

In 2003:

Item	Quantity (millions)	Price ($/unit)	Expenditure (millions of $)
Socks	15	5	75
SIM cards	20	5	100
Defense Budget	20	10	200

Nominal GDP =

2003 Quantities valued at 2000 prices:

Item	Quantity (millions)	Price ($/unit)	Expenditure (millions of $)
Socks
SIM cards
Defense Budget

Real GDP =

Answer the following questions.

How do you measure GDP?

How do you measure real and nominal GDP?

How do you determine Consumer Price Index and what are its limitations?

Which of the following expenditures will be included in GDP which will be excluded from the calculation? Explain your answers.

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ECON 202 Lecture 2: Chap2-Spring2016

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