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Measuring National Output and National Income
Measuring National Output and National Income
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National Income
and Product Accounts
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Gross Domestic Product
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Final Goods and Services
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Value Added
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Value Added
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Exclusions from GDP
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GDP Versus GNP
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Calculating GDP
Expenditure categories:
Personal consumption expenditures
(C)household spending on consumer
goods.
Gross private domestic investment (I)
spending by firms and households on
new capital: plant, equipment, inventory,
and new residential structures.
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The Expenditure Approach
Expenditure categories:
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The Expenditure Approach
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Personal Consumption Expenditures
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Components of GDP, 1999:
The Expenditure Approach
Components of GDP, 1999: The Expenditure Approach
BILLIONS OF PERCENTAGE
DOLLARS OF GDP
Total gross domestic product 9,299.2 100.0
Personal consumption expenditures (C) 6,268.7 67.4
Durable goods 761.3 8.2
Nondurable goods 1,845.5 19.8
Services 3,661.9 39.4
Gross private domestic investment (l) 1,650.1 17.7
Nonresidential 1,203.1 12.9
Residential 403.8 4.3
Change in business inventories 43.3 0.5
Government consumption and gross investment (G) 1,634.4 17.6
Federal 568.6 6.1
State and local 1,065.8 11.5
Net exports (EX IM) 254.0 2.7
Exports (EX) 990.2 10.6
Imports (IM) 1,244.2 13.4
Note: Numbers may not add exactly because of rounding.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Gross Private Domestic Investment
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Gross Private Domestic Investment
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Net Exports
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The Income Approach
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The Income Approach
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From GDP to Disposable Income
GDP, GNP, NNP, National Income, Personal Income, and Disposable Personal Income,
1999
DOLLARS
(BILLIONS)
GDP 9,299.2
Plus: receipts of factor income from the rest of the world + 305.9
Less: payments of factor income to the rest of the world 316.9
Equals: GNP 9,288.2
Less: depreciation 1,161.0
Equals: net national product (NNP) 8,127.1
Less: indirect taxes minus subsidies plus other 675.5
Equals: national income 7,469.7
Less: corporate profits minus dividends 485.7
Less: social insurance payments 662.1
Plus: personal interest income received from the government and consumers + 456.6
Plus: transfer payments to persons +1,011.0
Equals: personal income 7,789.6
Less: personal taxes 1,152.0
Equals: disposable personal income 6,637.7
Source: See Table 17.2.
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From GDP to Disposable Income
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From GDP to Disposable Income
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Disposable Personal Income and
Personal Saving
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Nominal versus Real GDP
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Calculating Real GDP
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Calculating Real GDP
A Three-Good Economy
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
GDP IN GDP IN GDP IN GDP IN
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 1 YEAR 2
IN IN IN IN
PRODUCTION PRICE PER UNIT YEAR 1 YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 2
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 1 YEAR 2 PRICES PRICES PRICES PRICES
Q1 Q2 P1 P2 P1 x Q1 P1 x Q2 P 2 x Q1 P2 X Q 2
Good A 6 11 $.50 $ .40 $3.00 $5.50 $2.40 $4.40
Good B 7 4 .30 1.00 2.10 1.20 7.00 4.00
Good C 10 12 .70 .90 7.00 8.40 9.00 10.80
Total $12.10 $15.10 $18.40 $19.20
Nominal GDP Nominal GDP
in year 1 in year 2
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Calculating the GDP Price Index
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The Problems of Fixed Weights
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Limitations of the GDP Concept
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Per Capita GDP/GNP
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Per Capita GDP/GNP
Per Capita GNP for Selected Countries, 1998
COUNTRY U.S. DOLLARS COUNTRY U.S. DOLLARS
Switzerland 40,080 Portugal 10,690
Norway 34,330 Argentina 8,970
Denmark 33,260 South Korea 7,970
Japan 32,380 Czech Republic 5,040
United States 29,340 Brazil 4,570
Austria 26,850 Mexico 3,970
Germany 25,850 Turkey 3,160
Sweden 25,620 South Africa 2,880
Belgium 25,380 Colombia 2,600
France 24,940 Jordan 1,520
Netherlands 24,760 Romania 1,390
Finland 24,110 Philippines 1,050
United Kingdom 21,400 China 750
Australia 20,300 Indonesia 680
Italy 20,250 Pakistan 480
Canada 20,020 India 430
Ireland 18,340 Rwanda 230
Israel 15,940 Nepal 210
Spain 14,080 Ethiopia 100
Greece 11,650
Source: The World Bank Atlas, 2000.
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