Unit 3 Macro Flashcard Review

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) refers to…

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the dollar value of all final goods and services produced within a country’s borders in one year

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Which of the following is considered a part of GDP? Consumer Spending, Transfer Payments, Stocks and bonds, Used products

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Consumer Spending

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Which of the following would be considered investment spending (I)?
Options:
Government buys the Army new tanks
Chinese goods sold in the United States
Two movies tickets for a night out with a friend
A new factory built in the United States

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A new factory built in the United States

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Which of the following is included in GDP?
The purchase of stocks on the NYSE,
An illegal sale of scalped tickets,
College students buy brand new textbooks,
A stay-at-home parent cleans their home

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College students buy brand new textbooks

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Which of the following is included in GDP?
Bobby pays $300,000 for a house built 15 years ago
Vivian, an accountant, completes her own tax forms
Carli pays $500 a month for rent
Shiontae receives Social Security, a transfer payment from the government

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Carli pays $500 a month for rent

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In the simplest circular-flow model, households supply __________ and demand ___________.

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labor; goods and services

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Unemployment refers to...

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Workers that are actively looking for work, but are not currently working

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Which of the following are considered unemployed?
Your retired grandparent
A college student who applied for a first job
A single parent looking for a second job
A prisoner serving a 20 year sentence

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A college student who applied for a first job

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Which of the following individuals is considered unemployed? A lawyer that sold his firm and is now looking for a job as a teacher, An electrician that is working part-time and is looking for a full-time job, A retired school teacher, An auto worker who has given up looking for a job

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A lawyer that sold his firm and is now looking for a job as a teacher

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Which of the following is the best example of structural unemployment?
Options:
New immigrants have a hard time finding jobs
Workers are laid off due to a recession
Workers are fired because they do not have the specific skills employers value
Workers enter the labor force because wages are increasing

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Workers are fired because they do not have the specific skills employers value