Chapters 6-8 AP MacroEconomics Test

Mr. Haderlein Fall 2011 AP MacroEconomics Class Chapter 6-8 Test.

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GDP Expenditures Method
CIGE (Consumption of Households, Investments by Businesses, Government Purchases, Expenditures by Foreigners)
GDP Income Method
WRIPS (Wages + Rents + Interests + Profits + Statistical Adjustment)
Net Domestic Product (NDP)
GDP - Consumption of fixed capital = NDP (depreciation)
National Income (NI)
NDP - Statistical Discrepancy + Net Foreign Factor Income = NI
Personal Income (PI)
NI - Income that is earned but not received + Income that is received but not earned = PI
Disposable Income (DI)
PI - Taxes = DI
Price Index in Given Year
[(Price Market Basket in specific Year)/Price of Same Market Basket in Base Year)] x 100
Real GDP
[(Nominal GDP)/(price index in hundredths)]
Price Index (in hundredths)
[(Nominal GDP)/(Real GDP)]
Rule of 70
~# of years to double Real GDP = [(70)/(annual percentage rate of growth)]
Unemployment Rate
[(Unemployed)/(Labor Force)] x 100
Okun's Law
For every 1 percentage point by which the actual unemployment rate exceeds the natural rate, a negative GDP gap of about 2% occurs
GDP gap
Actual GDP - Potential GDP = GDP gap
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
[(price of the most recent market basket in the particular year)/(price estimate of the same basket in 1982-1984)] x 100
Rate of Inflation
[(New CPI - Old CPI)/(Old CPI)] x 100