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  • gdp
    • circular flow of income
      • injections: govt spending / investment / exports
      • withdrawals: savings / taxes / imports
    • economic growth: the rate of change of output. shown through % change of GDP per year
    • gdp: the total output of an economy during a period of time
      • real gdp: adjusted for inflation. (nominal / price index) x 100
      • nominal gdp: unadjusted for inflation. (real gdp x price index) / 100
      • price index is called the gdp / price deflator
        • price index = (nominal gdp / real gdp ) x 100
    • index numbers
      • a device to compare the value of a variable in one period with a base observation
      • index value = (that year / base year) x 100
    • gni: gdp + net income from abroad
    • actual gdp: movement towards the ppf
      • potential: a shift out in the ppf
        • output gap: the difference between actual and potential growth
          • actual gdp: movement towards the ppf
            • potential: a shift out in the ppf
              • output gap: the difference between actual and potential growth
      • limitations
        • inflation rate errors
        • informal economy
        • data inaccuracies
        • gdp per capita might not work if there is only a small percentage that are richer
        • spending does not necessarily increase living standards

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