Monday, February 13, 2017

January 26 ,2017

Circular Flow Model
Household is a person or group that share their income
Firm/Business is an organization that produces good and services for sale 



Gross Domestic Product 
GDP - total value of all final goods and services produced within a country border in a given year
  • includes all production and income earn within a the U.S by the U.Sand foreign producers 
  • exclude proton outside the U.S even by Americans 
GNP Gross National Product
  • the total value of all final good and services produced by Americans within a year 
  • Includes production or income earn by americans anywhere in the world 
  • exclude production by non Americans even in the U.S
C+Ig+G+ GDP

C= Consumption (67% of the economy) 
Ig= Gross private Domestic Investment (18% of the economy) 
  • new factory equipment 
  • factory equipment maintenance 
  • construction of housing
  • unsold inventory of produces built in a year   
G= Government Spending (17% of the economy (school bus,weapons) 
Xn= net exports (exports - imports) 2% of the economy  

Included C, Ig, G, Xn

  • Excluded Intermediate goods use to make finish product 
  • avoid double or multiple counting 
  • used or second hand goods avoid double counting
  •  Stocks and bonds no production 
  • gifts and transfer payments (scholarship)
  • illegal activities 
  • unreported business activités 
  • non market activity (volunteering, baby-sitting) 


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