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ECO1000 Economics

ECO1000 Economics. Semester One, 2004 Lecture Six. Workshops for First Week Back After Recess. Monday April 26 is a holiday Alternative workshops are: TUES 10-12 T124 TUES 12-2 T121 TUES 2-4 T124 THURS 8-10 T121. Assignment Advice. Assignment One is due in about 4 weeks.

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ECO1000 Economics

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  1. ECO1000Economics Semester One, 2004 Lecture Six

  2. Workshops for First Week Back After Recess • Monday April 26 is a holiday • Alternative workshops are: • TUES 10-12 T124 • TUES 12-2 T121 • TUES 2-4 T124 • THURS 8-10 T121

  3. Assignment Advice • Assignment One is due in about 4 weeks. • You will need to start it over the holidays. • The course leader will be available to provide advice and assistance on this matter during the recess break. • Questions can also be directed by phone and email. • Please seek guidance if necessary.

  4. Outline or Plan of Today’s Lecture • Material Covered: Module Three • Reading: Text Chapters Seven and Eight and Chapters Seven and Eight of Hakes and Parry • Topics: Macroeconomics

  5. Purpose or Objectives of the Lecture • You will learn about: • Introductory macroeconomics • GDP and its use as an economic indicator • Allowing for the effects of inflation • Calculating real prices and real GDP • The effect of inflation on interest rates

  6. Relevant Economic Principles • 8. A Country’s Standard of Living Depends on its Ability to Produce Goods and Services • 9. Prices Rise When Governments Print too Much Money • 10. Society Faces a Short-Run Trade-Off Between Inflation and Unemployment

  7. Macroeconomics The Economy as a Whole

  8. Macroeconomics • Macroeconomics is the study of the economy as a whole. • Its goal is to explain the economic changes the affect many households, firms and markets all at once

  9. Macroeconomic Issues • National income and growth • Equity and income distribution • Inflation • Employment opportunities • Economic stability

  10. The Purposes of National Income Measurement • Estimate growth/decline • Comparisons over time • Comparisons with other countries • Social indicator • Government budget forecasts • Prospects for firms & investors

  11. The Economy’s Income and Expenditure • For an economy as a whole, income must equal expenditure because: • Every transaction has a buyer and a seller. • Every dollar of spending by some buyer is a dollar of income for some seller.

  12. Gross Domestic Product • Gross domestic product (GDP) is a measure of the income and expenditures of an economy. • It is the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given time period.

  13. Goods and Goods and services services sold bought Inputs for Labor, land, production and capital Flow of goods and services Reviewing the Circular-Flow Revenue (= GDP) Spending (= GDP) MARKETS FOR GOODS AND SERVICES Flow of dollars FIRMS HOUSEHOLDS MARKETS FOR FACTORS OF PRODUCTION Wages, rent, and profit (= GDP) Income (= GDP)

  14. GDP Includes: • Only the value of final goods, not intermediate goods (used in production) • All items produced in the economy and sold legally in markets. • Both tangible goods (food, clothing, cars) and intangible services (haircuts, doctor visits). • Goods and services currently produced, not transactions involving goods produced in the past.

  15. GDP Estimates • Are based on the value of output at market prices • Measure the value of production within the geographic confines of a country. • Measure the value of production that takes place within a specific interval of time, usually a year or a quarter (three months).

  16. What Is Not Counted in GDP? • GDP excludes most items that are produced and consumed at home and that never enter the marketplace. • It excludes items produced and sold illicitly, such as illegal drugs.

  17. Gross National Product • Gross national product (GNP) is the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a given period of time by a nation’s permanent residents, regardless of where they are. • Used in many other countries as the main measure of output

  18. Three Approaches to Calculating GDP • Income approach • Sum of factor incomes, consumption of fixed capital (depreciation) and net indirect taxes • Production approach • The market value of goods and services produced and, less the cost of goods and services used up in the productive process • Expenditure approach* • * We use this one

  19. The Four Components of GDP • GDP (Y ) is the sum of the following:  Consumption (C)  Investment (I)  Government Purchases (G)  Net Exports (NX) Y = C + I + G + NX

  20. The Four Components of GDP • Consumption (C):  The spending by households on goods and services, with the exception of purchases of new housing. • Investment (I):  The spending on capital equipment, inventories, and structures, including new housing.

  21. The Four Components of GDP • Government Purchases (G):  The spending on goods and services by local, state, and federal governments.  Does not include transfer payments because they are not made in exchange for currently produced goods or services. • Net Exports (NX):  Exports minus imports.

  22. Breakdown of Australian GDP: 1997 Government Purchases 20% Investment 17% Net Exports 1 % Consumption 62%

  23. GDP in Australia 1998 ($ A b) • Consumption = 336.9 • + Investment = 101.6 • + Government spending = 108.1 • + Exports = 113.3 • - Imports = 116.4 • GDP = 543.5

  24. Comparative GDP data (1998)

  25. GDP and Economic Well-Being • GDP is a single measure of the economic well-being of a society. • GDP per persontells us the income and expenditure of the average person in the economy. • Higher GDP per person indicates a higher standard of living. • GDP is not a perfect measure of the happiness or quality of life.

  26. GDP and Economic Well-Being • Some things that contribute to well-being are not included in GDP.  The value of leisure.  The value of a clean environment.  The value of almost all activity that takes place outside of markets, such as the value of the time parents spend with their children.

  27. Allowing for Inflation Calculating Real Prices and Real GDP

  28. Inflation • An increase in price from one year to the next without any change in the value or nature of the good or service • same product but you pay more • Therefore, economic calculations need to allow for inflation in order to allow comparisons of economic performance across time

  29. An Example • A car costs $20,000 in 2001 • The same car costs $22,000 in 2002 because of general inflation of all prices • Price increase = 22,000 - 20,000 = 2000 • As a proportion of starting price: • 2000/20,000 = 0.1 x 100 = 10% • There has been a 10% increase in price

  30. The Real Price • A price adjusted to allow for inflation • Based on purchasing power • A year (which could be any) is selected and it becomes the base year • Changes in prices are related to that year • Calculated using an index

  31. Used to adjust prices on goods & services includes only consumer goods and services includes imports is measured using a fixed basket of goods and services. Used to adjust GDP includes all goods and services produced domestically. excludes imports. is measured using currently produced goods and services. The Consumer Price IndexThe GDP Deflator

  32. Consumer Price Index • The consumer price index(CPI) is a measure of the overall cost of the goods and services bought by a typical consumer. • It is used to monitor changes in the cost of living over time. • It reports the movement of prices using an index number.

  33. How the Consumer Price Index Is Calculated • Fix the Basket: Determine what goods are most important to the typical consumer.  The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) identifies a market basket of goods and services the typical consumer buys.  The ABS conducts regular consumer surveys to determine what they buy and how much they pay.

  34. What’s in the CPI basket?

  35. How the Consumer Price Index Is Calculated • Choose a Base Year and Calculate the Index: • Designate one year as the base year, which is the benchmark used for comparison. • Compute the index by dividing the price of the basket in one year by the price in the base year and multiplying by 100.

  36. Deriving the CPI (hypothetical figures)

  37. The CPI and Business Analysis • All business comparisons should be in real terms • Calculations based on: • Real costs • Real returns • Real profit • Otherwise you may be ‘losing ground’

  38. The Effect of Inflation on a Wage

  39. Points to Note • The nominal wage (amount paid) went up but the real wage went down over time • This person could not buy quite as much, in terms of goods and services in 2002 as they could in 1999 • Inflation erodes the buying power of anyone on a fixed income or an income that does not increase as much as the inflation rate.

  40. The Limits of CPI as a ‘Measure’

  41. Substitution Bias • The basket does not change to reflect consumer reaction to changes in relative prices.  Consumers substitute toward goods that have become relatively less expensive.  The index overstates the increase in cost of living by not considering the substitution by the consumer.

  42. Introduction of New Goods • The bundle does not reflect the effects of new products.  New products result in greater variety, which in turn makes each dollar more valuable.  Consumers need fewer dollars to maintain any given standard of living.

  43. Unmeasured Quality Changes • If the quality of a good rises from one year to the next, the value of a dollar rises, even if the price of the good stays the same. • If the quality of a good falls from one year to the next, the value of a dollar falls, even if the price of the good stays the same.

  44. The Result • The substitution bias, introduction of new goods, and unmeasured quality changes cause the CPI to overstate the true cost of living. • The CPI overstates the increase in the cost of living by about 0.5 to 2.0 percentage points per year.

  45. Real GDP Allowing for Price Changes in the Whole Economy

  46. Real versus Nominal GDP • Nominal GDP values the production of goods and services at current prices. • Real GDP values the production of goods and services at constant prices. • An accurate view of the economy requires adjusting nominal to real GDP by using the GDP deflator.

  47. GDP Deflator • The GDPdeflatormeasures the current level of prices relative to the level of prices in the base year. • It tells us the rise in nominal GDP that is attributable to a rise in prices rather than a rise in the quantities produced.

  48. GDP Deflator • The GDP deflator is calculated as follows:

  49. Converting Nominal GDP to Real GDP • Nominal GDP is converted to real GDP as follows:

  50. Nominal Spending in an Economy

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