Calculating National Income
Calculating National Income
Calculating National Income
Y = C + I + G + NX
• Consumption is spending by households on goods and services, with the exception of purchases of new
housing
• Investment is the purchase of goods (called capital goods) that will be used in the future to produce more
goods and services. Investment is the sum of purchases of business capital, residential capital, and
inventories.
• Government purchases measure spending on goods and services by local, state, and federal governments.
This component includes the salaries of government workers as well as expenditures on public works
• Net exports equal the foreign purchases of domestically produced goods (exports) minus the domestic
purchases of foreign goods (imports). Export - Import
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Calculate the GDP
• Consumer spending = $200 million
• Investment spending = $55 million
• State and local government spending = $120 million
• Federal government spending = $80 million
• Imports = $50 million
• Exports = $45 million
• Income taxes = $100 million
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Real versus Nominal GDP
• nominal GDP the production of goods and services valued at current prices
• real GDP the production of goods and services valued at constant prices
• GDP deflator a measure of the price level calculated as the ratio of nominal
GDP to real GDP times 100
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Exercise 2
Price of Quantity of Price of Quantity of
Year
Hot Dogs Hot Dogs Hamburgers Hamburgers
2019 1 100 2 50
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Results
Calculating Nominal GDP
• 2019 ($1 per hot dog X 100 hot dogs) + ($2 per hamburger X 50 hamburgers) = $200
• 2020 ($2 per hot dog X 150 hot dogs) + ($3 per hamburger X 100 hamburgers) = $600
• 2021 ($3 per hot dog X 200 hot dogs) + ($4 per hamburger X 150 hamburgers) = $1,200
Calculating Real GDP (base year 2019)
• 2019 ($1 per hot dog X 100 hot dogs) + ($2 per hamburger X 50 hamburgers) = $200
• 2020 ($1 per hot dog X 150 hot dogs) + ($2 per hamburger X 100 hamburgers) = $350
• 2021 ($1 per hot dog X 200 hot dogs) + ($2 per hamburger X 150 hamburgers) = $500
Calculating the GDP Deflator
• 2019 ($200/$200) X 100 = 100
• 2020 ($600/$350) X 100 = 171
• 2021 ($1,200/$500) X 100 = 240
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Other indicators
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Exercise 3
Gross Output: = 3000 billion
Consumption by producers: 2000 billion
Amortisation: 400 billion
Foreign labour and capital income of resident nationals: 450 billion
Foreigners' labour and capital income earned in the country: 600 billion
GDP =
NDP =
GNI =
NNI =
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Results
• GDP=3000-2000=1000
• NDP=1000-400=600
• GNI=1000+450-600=850
• NNI=850-400=450
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