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• Life expectancy
• Expenditure method
• Output method
production.
Income method
• This is the addition of all incomes earned in the economy
over the year.
AE =GNP= C + I + G + X – M
National Income=GNP-Capital Consumption
Expenditure Method
• C – household spending (consumer spending)
• I – capital investment spending
• G – general government spending
• X – exports of goods and services
• M – imports of goods and services
Class activity
• Calculate GDP using the expenditure method.
Consumer spending $ 5m
Investment $ 2m
Government spending $ 3m
Expenditure on export $ 5m
Import $3m
Relationship of the three measures of
national income
• GDP
+ Net property income from abroad
= GNP
- Capital consumption (depreciation)
= NNP/National Income
- taxes
+ subsidies
= net national income at factor cost
Market prices and factor prices
• Market prices contain indirect taxes and
subsidies.
work.
National Income as a Measure of
Standard of Living of a country
• National income only takes into account those goods and
goods that do not reach the market place but are very
yourself.
National Income as a Measure of
Standard of Living of a country
• National income is a material measure and does