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Chapter 6: Measuring National Output and National Income

Chapter 6: Measuring National Output and National Income. Outline. I. The concept of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) II. Calculating GDP 1. The expenditure approach 2. The Income approach III. Nominal GDP V.S. Real GDP IV. Limitations of the GDP. National Income and Product Accounts.

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Chapter 6: Measuring National Output and National Income

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  1. Chapter 6: Measuring National Output and National Income

  2. Outline I. The concept of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) II. Calculating GDP 1. The expenditure approach 2. The Income approach III. Nominal GDP V.S. Real GDP IV. Limitations of the GDP

  3. National Incomeand Product Accounts • National income and product accounts are data collected and published by the government describing the various components of national income and output in the economy. • The U.S. Department of Commerce is responsible for producing and maintaining the “National Income and Product Accounts” that keep track of GDP.

  4. I. The Concept of Gross Domestic Product • Gross domestic product (GDP) is the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a given period by factors of production located within a country.

  5. Final Goods and Services • The term final goods and services in GDP refers to goods and services produced for final use. • Intermediate goods are goods produced by one firm for use in further processing by another firm.

  6. Value Added • Value added is the difference between the value of goods as they leave a stage of production and the cost of the goods as they entered that stage.

  7. Value Added

  8. Exclusions of Used Goodsand Paper Transactions • GDP ignores all transactions in which money or goods change hands but in which no new goods and services are produced.

  9. Exclusion of Output Produced Abroadby Domestically Owned Factors of Production • GDP is the value of output produced by factors of production located within a country. Output produced by a country’s citizens, regardless of where the output is produced, is measured by gross national product (GNP).

  10. II. Calculating GDP GDP can be computed in two ways: • The expenditure approach: A method of computing GDP that measures the total amount spent on all final goods during a given period. • The income approach: A method of computing GDP that measures the income—wages, rents, interest, and profits—received by all factors of production in producing final goods.

  11. II. Calculating GDP 1. The Expenditure Approach 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.

  12. II. Calculating GDP 1. The Expenditure Approach • Government consumption and gross investment (G) Expenditure categories: • Net exports (EX – IM)—net spending by the rest of the world, or exports (EX) minus imports (IM)

  13. II. Calculating GDP 1. The Expenditure Approach • The expenditure approach calculates GDP by adding together the four components of spending. In equation form:

  14. Personal Consumption Expenditures • Personal consumption expenditures (C) are expenditures by consumers on the following: • Durable goods • Nondurable goods • Services

  15. Gross Private Domestic Investment • Investment refers to the purchase of new capital. • Total investment by the private sector is called gross private domestic investment. It includes the purchase of new housing, plants, equipment, and inventory by the private sector:

  16. Gross Private Domestic Investment • Nonresidential investment • Residential investment • Change in inventories

  17. Gross Private Domestic Investment • Remember that GDP is not the market value of total sales during a period—it is the market value of total production. • The relationship between total production and total sales is: GDP = final sales + change in business inventories

  18. Gross Investmentversus Net Investment • Gross investment is the total value of all newly produced capital goods (plant, equipment, housing, and inventory) produced in a given period. • Depreciation is the amount by which an asset’s value falls in a given period. • Net investment equals gross investment minus depreciation. capitalend of period = capitalbeginning of period + net investment

  19. Government Consumptionand Gross Investment • Government consumption and gross investment (G) counts expenditures by federal, state, and local governments for final goods and services.

  20. Net Exports • Net exports (EX – IM) is the difference between exports and imports. The figure can be positive or negative. • Exports (EX) • Imports (IM)

  21. Components of GDP, 1999:The Expenditure Approach

  22. II. Calculating GDPThe Income Approach • National income is the total income earned by the factors of production owned by a country’s citizens. • The income approach to GDP breaks down GDP into four components: GDP = national income + depreciation + (indirect taxes – subsidies) + net factor payments to the rest of the world + other

  23. II. Calculating GDPThe Income Approach

  24. From GDP to Disposable Personal Income

  25. From GDP to Disposable Personal Income • Net national product equals gross national product minus depreciation; a nation’s total product minus what is required to maintain the value of its capital stock. • Personal income is the income received by households after paying social insurance taxes but before paying personal income taxes.

  26. Disposable PersonalIncome and Personal Saving

  27. Disposable Personal Income and Personal Saving • The personal saving rate is the percentage of disposable personal income that is saved. • If the personal saving rate is low, households are spending a large amount relative to their incomes; if it is high, households are spending cautiously.

  28. III. Nominal Versus Real GDP • Nominal GDP is GDP measured in current dollars, or the current prices we pay for things. Nominal GDP includes all the components of GDP valued at their current prices. • When a variable is measured in current dollars, it is described in nominal terms.

  29. Calculating Real GDP • A weight is the importance attached to an item within a group of items. • A base year is the year chosen for the weights in a fixed-weight procedure. • A fixed-weight procedure uses weights from a given base year.

  30. Calculating Real GDP

  31. Calculating the GDP Deflator • The GDP deflator is one measure of the overall price level. The GDP deflator is computed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). • Overall price increases can be sensitive to the choice of the base year. For this reason, using fixed-price weights to compute real GDP has some problems.

  32. The Problems of Fixed Weights • Structural changes in the economy. • Supply shifts, which cause large decreases in price and large increases in quantity supplied. • The substitution effect of price increases. The use of fixed price weights to estimate real GDP leads to problems because it ignores:

  33. IV. Limitations of the GDPGDP and Social Welfare • Society is better off when crime decreases, however, a decrease in crime is not reflected in GDP. • An increase in leisure is an increase in social welfare, but not counted in GDP. • Nonmarket and household activities are not counted in GDP even though they amount to real production.

  34. GDP and Social Welfare • GDP accounting rules do not adjust for production that pollutes the environment. • GDP has nothing to say about the distribution of output. Redistributive income policies have no direct impact on GDP. • GDP is neutral to the kinds of goods an economy produces.

  35. The Underground Economy • The underground economy is the part of an economy in which transactions take place and in which income is generated that is unreported and therefore not counted in GDP.

  36. Gross National Income per Capita • To make comparisons of GNP between countries, currency exchange rates must be taken into account. • Gross National Income (GNI) is a measure used to make international comparisons of output. GNI is GNP converted into dollars using an average of currency exchange rates over several years adjusted for rates of inflation. • GNI divided by population equals gross national income per capita.

  37. Gross National Income per Capita

  38. Review Terms and Concepts base year change in business inventories compensation of employees corporate profits current dollars depreciation disposable personal income, or after-tax income durable goods expenditure approach final goods and services fixed-weight procedure government consumption and gross investment (G) gross domestic product (GDP) gross investment gross national income (GNI) gross national product (GNP) gross private domestic investment (I) income approach indirect taxes intermediate goods national income national income and product accounts

  39. Review Terms and Concepts net exports (EX – IM) net factor payments to the rest of the world net interest net investment net national product (NNP) nominal GDP nondurable goods nonresidential investment personal consumption expenditures (C) personal income personal saving personal saving rate proprietors’ income rental income residential investment services subsidies underground economy value added weight

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