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Chapter 4 Lecture MEASURING GDP AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

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Chapter 4 Lecture MEASURING GDP

ANDECONOMIC GROWTH

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Stocks and FlowsStocks and FlowsThe distinction between a stock and a flow

is very important.A stock is a position at a moment of time,

for example, the stock of inventories in the economy at year end 2005. (Balance sheets report stocks.)

A flow is the rate of change in a stock, for example, the change in the stock of inventories in the economy in 2005. (Profit and loss statements report flows.)

If the bath tub is filling up, the stock is rising.

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Gross Domestic Product Gross Domestic Product GDP Defined

◦ GDP or gross domestic product is the market value of all final goods and services produced in a country in a given time period.◦ This definition has four parts:Market valueFinal goods and servicesProduced within a countryIn a given time period

Excludes financial transactions and income transfers since these do not reflect production.Net additions to inventory are current period output so are also included.

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Market Value◦ GDP is a market value—goods and services are valued at their market prices. ◦ To add apples and oranges, computers and popcorn, we add the market values so we have a total value of output in dollars.

Final Goods and Services◦ GDP is the value of the final goods and services produced.

◦ A final good (or service) is an item bought by its final user during a specified time period. ◦ A final good contrasts with an intermediate good, which is an item that is produced by one firm, bought by another firm, and used as a component of a final good or service.◦ Excluding the value of intermediate goods and services avoids counting the same value more than once.

Gross Domestic Product Gross Domestic Product

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Produced Within a Country◦GDP measures production within a country—domestic production.

In a Given Time Period◦GDP measures production during a specific time period, normally a year or a quarter of a year.

Gross Domestic Product Gross Domestic Product

Gross National Product (GNP) is the total market value of final goods and services produced during a given period by the citizens of a country no matter where they live. The goods and services are produced by the “nationals” of the country.

GDP is the preferred measure these days. Why?5

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GDP and the Circular Flow of Expenditure and Income

◦GDP measures the value of production, which also equals total expenditure on final goods and total income. ◦The equality of income and value of production shows the link between productivity and living standards.◦The circular flow diagram on the next slide illustrates the equality of income and expenditure.

Gross Domestic Product Gross Domestic Product

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The sum of the red flows equals the blue flow.The blue and red flows are the circular flow of expenditure and income. That is: Y = C + I + G + X – M

Gross Domestic Product Gross Domestic Product

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The circular flow shows two ways of measuring GDP.GDP Equals Expenditure Equals IncomeTotal expenditure on final goods and services equals GDP.

GDP = C + I + G + X – M.Aggregate income equals the total amount paid for the use of factors of production: wages, interest, rent, and profit.Firms pay out all their receipts from the sale of final goods, so income equals expenditure,

◦ Y = C + I + G + (X – M).

Gross Domestic Product Gross Domestic Product

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Measuring National IncomeMeasuring National Income

3 ways of measuring national income :

GDP by value added GDP on the expenditure side GDP on the income side

All methods should result give similar answers when adjusted for market prices versus factor costs.

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VALUE ADDED in a Five-Stage Production Process

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GDP

= =

+Consumption by

Households

Investment byBusinesses

GovernmentPurchases

ExpendituresBy Foreigners

+

+

+++

Wages

Rents

Interest

Profits

StatisticalAdjustments

+

Expenditure vs. Income Expenditure vs. Income ApproachApproach

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GDP as Expenditures GDP as Expenditures GDP is the sum of the amount each

sector (households, investors, governments, and foreigners) spends on final user goods and services.

There are four components of GDP:

•personal consumption expenditures (C), •gross private domestic investment (I), •government purchases (G) of goods and

services, and,•net exports (NX) = ( exports - imports )

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Personal ConsumptionPersonal Consumption

Consumer DurablesDurable has a life of over 3 years: cars, furniture, etc

Consumer Non-DurablesGoods with a life of less than three years: food, utilities, clothing

ServicesHousing, healthcare, recreation, education

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Investment: Adding to Investment: Adding to the Capital Stockthe Capital Stock

Flows and Stocks◦ A stock is a quantity: capital, inventories and

wealth are stock variables◦ A flow is an addition to or a subtraction from

a stock: Investment and income are flow variables

Investment in National Stocks◦ Residential Investment (homes)◦ Non-residential Investment (business

investments in structures and equipment)◦ Changes in Inventories (changes get

registered)

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January 1 Year’s GDP December 31

Consumption& Government

Spending

Depreciation

NetInvestment

GrossInvestment

Stock ofCapital

Increase

Stock ofCapital

Gross InvestmentDepreciation or Capital Consumption Allowance

Net Investment-

=

Net Investment Net Investment

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GovernmentGovernmentGovernment Expenditures reflect direct consumption, not transfers

Defense, Government investments in roads and other infrastructure, government services such as Department of Motor Vehicles. Police and Congress are all expenditures.

Transfer payments represent money redistributed from one group of citizens (taxpayers) to another (poor, unemployed, elderly).

While transfers are included in government budgets as outlays they are not purchases of currently produced goods and services.

Does not result in production of new goods and servicesDoes not included in government purchases or in GDP

◦ Examples: Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and Interest payments on national debt

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External AccountsExternal Accounts Imports (M): Product Accounts: Goods and

Services Exports (X): Product Accounts: Goods and

Services

Net Exports = NX = X – M If NX = X – M > 0 Trade Surplus If NX = X – M < 0 Trade Deficit

Here are some examples of exports of services Spending of foreign tourists in USA transportation services insurance / banking services medical services retail services (souvenirs) hotel accommodation services

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http://www.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?ReqID=9&step=118

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The Income Approach◦The income approach measures GDP by summing the incomes that firms pay households for the factors of production they hire.

The National Income and Expenditure Accounts divide incomes into two broad categories:

1. Compensation of employees

2. Net operating surplus

Compensation of employees is the payments for labor services. The sum of net wages plus taxes withheld plus social security and pension fund contributions.Net operating surplus is the sum of other factor incomes. It includes net interest, rental income, corporate profits, and proprietor’s income.

Measuring U.S. GDP Measuring U.S. GDP

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The sum of all factor incomes is net domestic income at factor cost.

Two adjustments must be made to get GDP:

1. Indirect taxes less subsidies are added to get from factor cost to market prices.

2. Depreciation is added to get from net domestic income to gross domestic income.

Measuring U.S. GDPMeasuring U.S. GDP

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Nominal GDP and Real GDP◦Real GDP is the value of final goods and services produced in a given year when valued at valued at the prices of a reference base year.◦Currently, the reference base year is 2005 and we describe real GDP as measured in 2005 dollars.◦Nominal GDP is the value of goods and services produced during a given year valued at the prices that prevailed in that same year.◦Nominal GDP is just a more precise name for GDP.

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Measuring U.S. GDPMeasuring U.S. GDPCalculating Real GDP• Table 4.3 (a) shows the

quantities produced and the prices in 2009 (the base year).

• Nominal GDP in 2009 is $100 million.

• Because 2009 is the base year, real GDP equals nominal GDP and is $100 million.

•Table 4.3(b) shows the quantities produced and the prices in 2014.

•Nominal GDP in 2014 is $300 million.

•Nominal GDP in 2014 is three times its value in 2009.

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Measuring U.S. GDPMeasuring U.S. GDP

In Table 4.3(c), we calculate real GDP in 2014.

The quantities are those of 2014, as in part (b).

The prices are those in the base year (2009) as in part (a).

The sum of these expenditures is real GDP in 2014, which is $160 million.

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The Standard of Living Over Time◦Real GDP per person is real GDP divided by the population. ◦Real GDP per person tells us the value of goods and services that the average person can enjoy.◦By using real GDP, we remove any influence that rising prices and a rising cost of living might have had on our comparison. Long-Term Trend◦A handy way of comparing real GDP per person over time is to express it as a ratio of some reference year. ◦For example, in 1960, real GDP per person was $15,850 and in 2012, it was $42,800.◦So real GDP per person in 2012 was 2.7 times its 1960 level—that is, $42,800 ÷ $15,850 = 2.7.

The Uses and Limitations of Real The Uses and Limitations of Real GDPGDP

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◦Two features of our expanding living standard are The growth of potential GDP per person Fluctuations of real GDP around potential GDP◦The value of real GDP when all the economy’s labor, capital, land, and entrepreneurial ability are fully employed is called potential GDP.

The Uses and Limitations of Real The Uses and Limitations of Real GDPGDP

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Real and Potential Real and Potential GDPGDP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/the-output-gap/index.html27

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◦Productivity Growth Slowdown ◦The growth rate of real GDP per person slowed after 1970. How costly was that slowdown? ◦The answer is provided by a number that we’ll call the Lucas wedge.◦Lucas wedge is the dollar value of the accumulated gap between what real GDP per person would have been if the 1960s growth rate had persisted and what real GDP per person turned out to be.

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◦The red line is actual real GDP per person.◦The thin black line is the trend that real GDP per person would have followed if the 1960s growth rate of potential GDP had persisted.◦The shaded area is the Lucas wedge.

Lucas WedgeLucas Wedge

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1. The energy crisis in the 1970s (1973 and 1979 oil shocks). 2. Exhaustion of the post-W.W.II technological boom. 3. Low investment and savings rate. 4. High taxation of savings. 5. Excessive government regulations. 6. Low rate of public investment in infrastructures. 7. Decline of R&D investment. 8. Sociological explanations. 9. Decline in quality of education.

Some Reasons for Some Reasons for Productivity Growth Productivity Growth

Slowdown Slowdown

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Limitations of Real GDP◦Real GDP measures the value of goods and services that are bought in markets. ◦Some of the factors that influence the standard of living and that are not part of GDP are Household production Underground economic activity Health and life expectancy Leisure time Environmental quality Political freedom and social justice

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What GDP Does and Does Not What GDP Does and Does Not CaptureCaptureCan you think of other activities not captured by

GDP that ought to be included? Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI)*

Adjust GDP for welfare-reducing activities such as resource depletion; environmental damage; crime; and quality of life.

GDP can also be a poor measure of the living standards in various nations.To get around the problem, economists use purchasing power parity (PPP), which adjusts for different relative prices among nations before making comparisons.http://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?c=mr&v=67

http://www.green.maryland.gov/mdgpi

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Real GDP Fluctuations— The Business Cycle A business cycle is a periodic but irregular up-and-down movement of total production and other measures of economic activity. Every cycle has two phases:1. Expansion2. Recessionand two turning points:1. Peak2. Trough

Business CyclesBusiness Cycles

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An expansion is a period during which real GDP increases—from a trough to a peak. Recession is a period during which real GDP decreases—its growth rate is negative for at least two successive quarters.

BusinessBusiness CyclesCycles

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Mathematical Note: Mathematical Note: Chained-Dollar Real GDPChained-Dollar Real GDP

The BLS uses a measure of real GDP called chained-dollar real GDP.

Three steps are needed to calculate this measure:

Value production in the prices of adjacent years

Find the average of two percentage changes

Link (chain) back to the reference year

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Value Production in Prices of Adjacent Years

◦Part (a) shows the quantities and prices in 2013.

◦Part (b) shows the quantities and prices in 2014.

◦Part (c) the quantities of 2014 valued at 2013 prices.

◦Part (d) the quantities of 2013 valued at prices of 2014.

Mathematical Note: Mathematical Note: Chained-Dollar Real GDPChained-Dollar Real GDP

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◦Parts (a) and (c) value the quantities of both years at 2013 prices.

◦That is, in 2013 prices, real GDP increased from $145 million to $160 million.

◦Parts (d) and (b) value the quantities in both years at 2014 prices.

◦That is, in 2014 prices, real GDP increased from $275 million to $300 million.

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Find the Average of Two Percentage Changes

◦Part (a) shows that at 2013 prices, production increased by 10.3%.

◦Part (b) shows that at 2014 prices, production increased by 9.1%.

◦The average increase in production is 9.7%.

Mathematical Note: Mathematical Note: Chained-Dollar Real GDPChained-Dollar Real GDP

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Mathematical Note: Mathematical Note: Chained-Dollar Real GDPChained-Dollar Real GDP

Link (Chain) to the Base Year◦ To find real GDP in 2014 in base-year prices

(2009), we need to know◦ 1. Real GDP in 2009◦ 2. Average growth rate each year from 2009 to

2014.◦ The BEA must calculate the percentage change of

the growth rate in real GDP for each pair of years from the base year to the most recent year.

◦ To find real GDP for years before the base year, the BEA must calculate the growth rates for each pair of years back to the earliest one available.

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◦Finally, using the percentage changes that it has calculated, the BEA finds the real GDP in each year in 2009 prices by linking them to the GDP in 2009.

◦The figure shows an example.

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