Monday, February 9, 2015

January 28, 2015


  • Expenditure Approach:  method for calculating GDP that totals consumption, investment, government spending and net exports. Although GDP can be calculated through other methods, the expenditure method is the most common.
    • C+IG+G+Xn=GDP
  • Income: Add up all income earned by households and firms in a single year.

  • GDP= W+R+I+P+  Statistical Adjustments 
    • Wages- (compensation of employment, salary, pension)
    • Rent- (tenancy to landlord, lease payment by a corporation for the use of their space)
    • Interest- Amount of money paid by private businesses to the suppliers of loans used to purchase capitol
    • Profit- Corporate income taxes, dividends, undistributed corporate offices
  • Budget: Government purchases of goods and services + government transfer payments
    • Positive Number= Budget deficit
    • Negative Number= Budget surplus
  • Trade: Exports- imports
  • GNP: GDP+Net foreign factor income
  • NNP: GDP- Depreciation
  • National Income: GDP- indirect business taxes- depreciation- net foreign factor payments
  • Disposable Personal Income: NI- personal household taxes+ GTP 

1 comment:

  1. I think it would be great if you added some visual because i feel like it would be mote helpful. Over all i think your notes were very helpful to me because you divided it up into different sections making it easier to read and find thing easily.

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