Gross domestic product

Module 16: Income and Expenditure -The nature of the multiplier, which shows how initial changes in spending lead to further changes -The meaning of the aggregate consumption function, which shows how current disposable income affects consumer spending -How expected future income and aggregate wealth affect consumer spending -The determinants of investment spending -Why investment spending is considered a leading indicator of the future state of the economy ? Assumptions: 1. We assume producers are willing to supply additional output at a fixed price causing changes in overall spending translate into changes in aggregate output 2. We take the interest rate as given 3. We assume that there is no government spending and no taxes

Chapter 11: Interpreting Real Gross Domestic Product ? -The difference between real GDP and nominal GDP -Why real GDP is the appropriate measure of real economic activity ? GDP: a measure of the size of the economy represents increase in prizes of goods and services rather than an increase in output provides a good way to compare the size of different economies but not a good measure of the economy?s growth over time can grow to economic expansion or just inflation Real GDP: measures actual changes in aggregate output/ adjusted for price changes total value of all final goods and services produced during a given year calculated using the prices of a selected base year (assumed prices stay constant)