AP Macroeconomics Flashcards: The Circular Flow And Gdp

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Flashcard 1: What is an open economy?

Answer: An economy that engages in international trade. Includes foreign sector through imports and exports.

Flashcard 2: State the formula for the income approach to GDP.

Answer: $GDP = Wages + Rent + Interest + Profit$. Sums all factor payments earned in production.

Flashcard 3: What is the formula for GDP using the expenditure approach?

Answer: $GDP = C + I + G + (X - M)$. Standard expenditure method where net exports equals exports minus imports.

Flashcard 4: What does the 'I' represent in the GDP formula?

Answer: Investment. Business spending on capital goods and inventory.

Flashcard 5: What is the difference between nominal and real GDP?

Answer: Nominal GDP is not adjusted for inflation; real GDP is adjusted for inflation. Real GDP removes price level changes to show actual output changes.

Flashcard 6: Identify the primary sectors in the circular flow model.

Answer: Households, Firms, Government, Financial Markets, Foreign Sector. All economic agents participating in circular flow.

Flashcard 7: Define the circular flow of income.

Answer: A model that shows how money flows through the economy between households and firms. Shows economic interdependence through spending and income flows.

Flashcard 8: What role do firms play in the circular flow model?

Answer: Firms produce goods and services and pay for factors of production. Supply goods and demand factors of production.

Flashcard 9: State the formula for the GDP deflator.

Answer: $GDP\ Deflator = \frac{Nominal\ GDP}{Real\ GDP} \times 100$ . Ratio showing price level changes over time.

Flashcard 10: Identify a limitation of GDP as a measure of economic performance.

Answer: GDP does not account for the distribution of income. GDP ignores inequality and non-market activities.

Flashcard 11: Identify the leakages in the circular flow model.

Answer: Savings, Taxes, Imports. Money flows that exit the circular flow system.

Flashcard 12: What is the role of government in the circular flow model?

Answer: Collects taxes and provides public goods and services. Government participates through spending and taxation flows.

Flashcard 13: What is the underground economy?

Answer: Economic activity not reported to the government and not included in GDP. Hidden economic activity that avoids taxation and regulation.

Flashcard 14: What is the difference between total GDP and GDP per capita?

Answer: Total GDP measures total output; GDP per capita measures output per person. Per capita adjusts for population differences between countries.

Flashcard 15: State the formula for calculating net exports.

Answer: $Net\ Exports = Exports - Imports$. Measures trade balance in GDP calculations.

Flashcard 16: What is the purpose of the GDP deflator?

Answer: To adjust nominal GDP for inflation. Removes inflation to show real economic growth.

Flashcard 17: What is a closed economy?

Answer: An economy with no international trade. No foreign sector involvement in economic activity.

Flashcard 18: Define GDP.

Answer: The total market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a year. Measures total economic output using market prices for final goods only.

Flashcard 19: What is the income approach to GDP?

Answer: Calculating GDP by summing all incomes earned in the economy. Measures GDP through factor payments to households.

Flashcard 20: Identify the injections in the circular flow model.

Answer: Investment, Government Spending, Exports. Money flows that enter the circular flow system.

Flashcard 21: What do 'X' and 'M' represent in the GDP formula?

Answer: X = Exports, M = Imports. Trade components where net exports equals $X - M$.

Flashcard 22: What is depreciation in the context of GDP?

Answer: The decrease in value of capital assets over time. Capital consumption that reduces productive capacity.

Flashcard 23: What is double counting in GDP calculation?

Answer: Counting intermediate goods more than once in GDP. Including intermediate goods inflates GDP measurement incorrectly.

Flashcard 24: What is the role of financial markets in the circular flow?

Answer: Channel savings into investments. Connect savers with borrowers for investment funding.

Flashcard 25: What is GDP per capita?

Answer: GDP divided by the population of a country. Measures average economic output per person.

Flashcard 26: State the formula for calculating net exports.

Answer: $Net\ Exports = Exports - Imports$. Measures trade balance in GDP calculations.

Flashcard 27: What do 'X' and 'M' represent in the GDP formula?

Answer: X = Exports, M = Imports. Trade components where net exports equals $X - M$.

Flashcard 28: What does GNP stand for?

Answer: Gross National Product. Measures total national production regardless of location.

Flashcard 29: What is depreciation in the context of GDP?

Answer: The decrease in value of capital assets over time. Capital consumption that reduces productive capacity.

Flashcard 30: What is the difference between GNP and GDP?

Answer: GNP includes income from abroad; GDP does not. GNP measures national income regardless of location.

Flashcard 31: What is the black market's impact on GDP measurement?

Answer: Black market activity is not included in GDP. Underground activities escape official measurement systems.

Flashcard 32: What does the 'G' represent in the GDP formula?

Answer: Government Spending. Public sector purchases of goods and services.

Flashcard 33: What is the production approach to GDP?

Answer: Calculating GDP by summing the value added at each stage of production. Measures GDP through value creation at each production stage.

Flashcard 34: What is a transfer payment?

Answer: A payment for which no goods or services are exchanged, not included in GDP. Redistributes income without creating new production.

Flashcard 35: What does GDP stand for?

Answer: Gross Domestic Product. Standard acronym for measuring total economic output.

Flashcard 36: What is the purpose of national income accounting?

Answer: To measure economic activity and performance. Systematic recording of economic transactions and output.

Flashcard 37: What is the income approach to GDP?

Answer: Calculating GDP by summing all incomes earned in the economy. Measures GDP through factor payments to households.

Flashcard 38: What is a transfer payment?

Answer: A payment for which no goods or services are exchanged, not included in GDP. Redistributes income without creating new production.

Flashcard 39: Define GDP.

Answer: The total market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a year. Measures total economic output using market prices for final goods only.

Flashcard 40: What is GDP per capita?

Answer: GDP divided by the population of a country. Measures average economic output per person.

Flashcard 41: What role do households play in the circular flow model?

Answer: Households provide factors of production and consume goods and services. Supply labor and demand goods in the circular flow.

Flashcard 42: Identify the injections in the circular flow model.

Answer: Investment, Government Spending, Exports. Money flows that enter the circular flow system.

Flashcard 43: What are the four components of GDP?

Answer: Consumption, Investment, Government Spending, Net Exports. The four spending categories that sum to total GDP.

Flashcard 44: What is the role of government in the circular flow model?

Answer: Collects taxes and provides public goods and services. Government participates through spending and taxation flows.

Flashcard 45: What is double counting in GDP calculation?

Answer: Counting intermediate goods more than once in GDP. Including intermediate goods inflates GDP measurement incorrectly.

Flashcard 46: What role do households play in the circular flow model?

Answer: Households provide factors of production and consume goods and services. Supply labor and demand goods in the circular flow.

Flashcard 47: What is the difference between total GDP and GDP per capita?

Answer: Total GDP measures total output; GDP per capita measures output per person. Per capita adjusts for population differences between countries.

Flashcard 48: What does GNP stand for?

Answer: Gross National Product. Measures total national production regardless of location.

Flashcard 49: State the formula for the income approach to GDP.

Answer: $GDP = Wages + Rent + Interest + Profit$. Sums all factor payments earned in production.

Flashcard 50: What are the four components of GDP?

Answer: Consumption, Investment, Government Spending, Net Exports. The four spending categories that sum to total GDP.

Flashcard 51: What does the factor market do in the circular flow model?

Answer: Where factors of production are bought and sold. Where households sell labor and firms buy inputs.

Flashcard 52: What does the 'C' represent in the GDP formula?

Answer: Consumption. Household spending on goods and services.

Flashcard 53: What does the 'C' represent in the GDP formula?

Answer: Consumption. Household spending on goods and services.

Flashcard 54: What is the role of financial markets in the circular flow?

Answer: Channel savings into investments. Connect savers with borrowers for investment funding.

Flashcard 55: What is the purpose of the GDP deflator?

Answer: To adjust nominal GDP for inflation. Removes inflation to show real economic growth.

Flashcard 56: Identify the primary sectors in the circular flow model.

Answer: Households, Firms, Government, Financial Markets, Foreign Sector. All economic agents participating in circular flow.

Flashcard 57: What is the GDP deflator?

Answer: A measure that converts nominal GDP into real GDP. Price index that removes inflation effects from nominal GDP.

Flashcard 58: What does the product market do in the circular flow model?

Answer: Where goods and services are bought and sold. Where firms sell output and households buy goods.

Flashcard 59: What does GDP stand for?

Answer: Gross Domestic Product. Standard acronym for measuring total economic output.

Flashcard 60: Define the circular flow of income.

Answer: A model that shows how money flows through the economy between households and firms. Shows economic interdependence through spending and income flows.

Flashcard 61: What is the production approach to GDP?

Answer: Calculating GDP by summing the value added at each stage of production. Measures GDP through value creation at each production stage.

Flashcard 62: Identify a limitation of GDP as a measure of economic performance.

Answer: GDP does not account for the distribution of income. GDP ignores inequality and non-market activities.

Flashcard 63: What is the difference between nominal and real GDP?

Answer: Nominal GDP is not adjusted for inflation; real GDP is adjusted for inflation. Real GDP removes price level changes to show actual output changes.

Flashcard 64: What does the 'G' represent in the GDP formula?

Answer: Government Spending. Public sector purchases of goods and services.

Flashcard 65: What role do firms play in the circular flow model?

Answer: Firms produce goods and services and pay for factors of production. Supply goods and demand factors of production.

Flashcard 66: What is the significance of the base year in GDP calculation?

Answer: It is used to compare real GDP across different years. Reference point for measuring real changes over time.

Flashcard 67: State the formula for the GDP deflator.

Answer: $GDP Deflator = \frac{Nominal GDP}{Real GDP} \times 100$. Ratio showing price level changes over time.

Flashcard 68: What is the formula for GDP using the expenditure approach?

Answer: $GDP = C + I + G + (X - M)$. Standard expenditure method where net exports equals exports minus imports.

Flashcard 69: What is the black market's impact on GDP measurement?

Answer: Black market activity is not included in GDP. Underground activities escape official measurement systems.

Flashcard 70: What does the 'I' represent in the GDP formula?

Answer: Investment. Business spending on capital goods and inventory.

Flashcard 71: What does the product market do in the circular flow model?

Answer: Where goods and services are bought and sold. Where firms sell output and households buy goods.

Flashcard 72: What is the GDP deflator?

Answer: A measure that converts nominal GDP into real GDP. Price index that removes inflation effects from nominal GDP.

Flashcard 73: What is an open economy?

Answer: An economy that engages in international trade. Includes foreign sector through imports and exports.

Flashcard 74: What is the difference between GNP and GDP?

Answer: GNP includes income from abroad; GDP does not. GNP measures national income regardless of location.

Flashcard 75: What does the factor market do in the circular flow model?

Answer: Where factors of production are bought and sold. Where households sell labor and firms buy inputs.

Flashcard 76: What is the underground economy?

Answer: Economic activity not reported to the government and not included in GDP. Hidden economic activity that avoids taxation and regulation.

Flashcard 77: What is the purpose of national income accounting?

Answer: To measure economic activity and performance. Systematic recording of economic transactions and output.

Flashcard 78: Identify the leakages in the circular flow model.

Answer: Savings, Taxes, Imports. Money flows that exit the circular flow system.

Flashcard 79: What is a closed economy?

Answer: An economy with no international trade. No foreign sector involvement in economic activity.

Flashcard 80: What is the significance of the base year in GDP calculation?

Answer: It is used to compare real GDP across different years. Reference point for measuring real changes over time.