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Macroeconomics Principles by Betsey Stevenson Justin Wolfers 2026 | Recently Updated Verified What is microeconomics? - answer - The study of the behavior of individual people, firms, and industries What is macroeconomics? - answer - The study of the economy of an entire nation or society Microeconomics or Macroeconomics: "The income of a person or the revenue of a firm" - answer - Microeconomics Microeconomics or Macroeconomics: "The income of an entire nation or national economy" - answer - Macroeconomics Microeconomics or Macroeconomics: "The production of an entire economy" - answer - Macroeconomics Microeconomics or Macroeconomics: "The production of a single worker, firm, or industry" - answer - Microeconomics Microeconomics or Macroeconomics: "The job status and decisions of an individual or firm" - answer - Microeconomics Microeconomics or Macroeconomics: "The job status of a national population, particularly the number of people who are unemployed " - answer - Macroeconomics Microeconomics or Macroeconomics: "The price of a single good" - answer - Microeconomics Microeconomics or Macroeconomics: "The combined prices of all goods in an economy" - answer - Macroeconomics What does GDP stand for? - answer - Gross Domestic Product What is an output? - answer - production/income Nations and individuals that produce large amounts of highly valued output are relatively _____ - answer - wealthy Nations and individuals that produce small amounts of highly valued output are relatively ___ - answer - poor What is GDP? - answer - The market value of all final goods and services produced within a country during a specific period (annually or quarterly) What is the barometer of the economy? - answer - GDP The total output or income of an economy is the? - answer - GDP What are the 3 reasons GDP is used? - answer - 1. Measuring living standards 2. Measuring economic growth 3. Measuring business cycles What is GDP per capita? - answer - GDP per person (i.e., GDP divided by population size) GDP per capita is a measure of what? - answer - A measure of average living standards (i.e., average income) in a nation When economies grow, living standards _____ - answer - RISE What is inflation? - answer - The growth in the overall level of prices in an economy How does inflation affect GDP? - answer - Can cause GDP to increase over time even if there is no change in the quantity of goods and services produced What is the real GDP? - answer - GDP adjusted for changes in prices (i.e., inflation) What is nominal GDP? - answer - GDP not adjusted for changes in prices (i.e., inflation) What is economic growth? - answer - The percentage change in real GDP per capita Changes in average living standards over time = Economic ____ - answer - Economic growth What is the economic growth percentage for the U.S.? - answer - 2% What is a recession? - answer - A short-term economic downturn What organization determines if there is a recession? - answer - the National Bureau of Economic Research's (NBER) Business Cycle Dating Committee What was the Great Recession? - answer - U.S. recession that lasted from December 2007 to June 2009 What was the Coronavirus Recession? - answer - U.S. recession that lasted from February 2020 to April 2020 What is the business cycle? - answer - Short-run fluctuation in economic activity What does the business cycle cause? - answer - Causes output to be above or below the long-run trend What are the 2 components of the business cycle? - answer - Economic expansion & Economic contraction What is an economic expansion? - answer - A phase of the business cycle during which economic activity is increasing How can you identify an economic expansion on the graph? - answer - Trough to peak What is an economic contraction? - answer - A phase of the business cycle during which economic activity is decreasing How can you identify an economic contraction on the graph? - answer - Peak to trough In the
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