GDP and the Standard of Living CHAPTER 5

GDP and the Standard of Living CHAPTER 5 EYE ONS Business Cycle Consumption expenditure Depreciation Disposable personal income Intermediate good or service Final good or service GDP deflator Govt expenditure on goods & services Exports of goods & services Imports of goods & services Net domestic product at factor cost Net exports of goods & services GDP GNP Real GDP/person Nominal GDP Standard of living Statistical discrepancy Investment

Is a Computer Program an Intermediate Good or a Final Good? When American Airlines buys a new reservations software package, is that expenditure an expenditure on a final good or an intermediate good? Before 1999, the national income accountants counted the purchase of software as expenditure on an intermediate good—and it was excluded from GDP. Since 1999, the national income accountants have classified the purchase of new software as investment— and is now included in GDP.

Is a Computer Program an Intermediate Good or a Final Good? How big of a deal is this? When the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) recalculated the 1996 GDP, the estimate of GDP in 1996 increased by $115 billion—a lot of money. In 1996, GDP was $7, 662 billion, so the increase of $115 billion is 1. 5 percent of GDP. This example shows how the BEA works to measure GDP as accurately as possible.

Making GDP Personal Where in the National Income and Product Accounts do your transactions appear? How can you use information about GDP in your life? Your Contribution to GDP Your own economic transactions show up in the National Income and Product Accounts on both the expenditure side and the income side. Most of your expenditure is part of Consumption Expenditure. If you were to buy a new home, that expenditure would appear as part of Investment.

Making GDP Personal Because you buy goods produced in another country, expenditure on these goods shows up as part of Imports. If you have a job, your income appears in Compensation of Employees. Because the GDP measure of the value of production includes only market transactions, some of your own production of goods and services is most likely not counted in GDP. What are the nonmarket goods and services that you produce? How would you go about valuing them?

Making GDP Personal Making Sense of the Numbers To use the GDP numbers in a news report, you must first check whether the reporter is referring to nominal GDP or real GDP. Using U. S. real GDP person, check how your income compares with the average income in the United States. When you see GDP numbers for other countries, compare your income with that of a person in France, or Canada, or China.

DEFINITION

DEFINITION

Market Flows

DEFINITION

GDP - EXPENDITURE APPROACH

GDP – INCOME APPROACH < Income from ALL factors of production: < Wages, interest, rent, profit Values Goods at FACTOR COST

GDP – INCOME APPROACH < Indirect taxes (sales tax) = make MKT price > FTR cost = MUST ADD < Subsidies = make FTR cost > MKT price = MUST SUBTRACT Values Goods at FACTOR COST

GDP – INCOME APPROACH < GDP Exp – GDP Inc = Statistical Discrepancy < Tips are missed in income but caught in expenditure when spent < Most income is reported through IRS but expenditures are typically estimated Values Goods at FACTOR COST Expenditure Approach WINS!

GNP

GDP – NOMINAL vs REAL X = X = WHY?

REAL GDP PERSON

GDP – NOMINAL vs REAL

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STANDARD OF LIVING <> COST OF LIVING

The Human Development Index The figure shows the relationship between real GDP person and the Human Development Index (HDI). Each dot represents a country. The small Africa country of Sierra Leone has the lowest HDI and the second lowest real GDP person.

The Human Development Index The United States has the third highest real GDP person but has the eighth highest HDI. Why is the United States not ranked higher on the HDI? Because the people who live in seven countries live longer, have better access to health care and education than do Americans.

FORMULAS Expenditure Approach: GDP = C + I + G + NX (Consumption, Investment, Government, Net Exports) Net Exports = Exports - Imports Savings = Y – C - NT Income Approach: GDP = W + I + R + P + Indirect taxes – Subsidies + Depreciation GDP = Net domestic product at factor cost+ Indirect taxes – Subsidies + Depreciation Net Domestic Product at Factor Cost = Wages + Interest + Rent + Profit Total Income: Y = C + S + NT (Consumption + Savings + Net Taxes) Income = Expenditure

Edition 5

Edition 5