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Economic Indicators, Unemployment,
Poverty, & Inflation
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What is the difference between real and nominal GDP?
Nominal GDP is measured in the year in which the
GDP was calculated. Real GDP adjusts for changes
in prices from year to year.
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What are examples of nonmarket activities?
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How have you participated in the underground economy in your life?
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Explain how the following could lead to economic growth.Opening a protected wilderness area to
coal mining.
increase natural resources
Increasing scholarship funding for low-income students.
improve human resources
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More Economic Growth
Providing tax breaks for companies purchasing new equipment.
increase capital resources
Strengthening laws to protect the rights of investors.
incentive for creating new technology
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What does it take to be unemployed?At least 16 years old.
Able to work.
Have actively looked for work in the last four weeks.
What potential problems do you see with the way that unemployment is calculated?
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Describe the difference between underemployed and
unemployed.
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Does full employment mean that everyone has
a job?
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Unemployment Types:
Because of reduced demand, an appliance company temporarily
closes one of its factories and lays off workers.
cyclical
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In September, a part-time student at the University of Central
Florida in Orlando loses his job at a theme park.
seasonal
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A local travel agency has to close down because of
the widespread availability of direct
online booking options.
structural
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A newspaper journalist leaves her job to make a
switch into television journalism. She has been looking for a new job for
several months.
frictional
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What are some examples of welfare programs?
Food stamps
Medicaid
Social Security
Earned-income tax credit
Unemployment insurance
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What’s the difference between the poverty
threshold and the poverty rate? What’s another
common term for poverty threshold?
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What does a Lorenz Curve show?
Look at page 391 in your textbook.
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Explain the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Measure of changes in the prices of goods and services commonly purchased by consumers.
How is the producer price index (PPI) different than the consumer?
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Describe two causes of inflation.
Demand-pull inflation
Cost-push inflation
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Who is most likely to be negatively impacted by
inflation and why?