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Macroeconomics Study Guide by Olivier Blanchard | Fully Updated Solutions Financial Crisis Start - answer - Recent crisis initiated in the housing market. Housing Crisis Impact - answer - Housing price decline led to loan defaults and frozen credit markets. Financial to Economic Crisis - answer - Decreased consumption and investment led to output decline. US Crisis Global Impact - answer - US crisis affected world through trade and financial channels. Post-Crisis Issues - answer - High unemployment, low output growth, tight lending, and budget deficits. US Output Per Capita 2018 - answer - Approximately $62,500 per person in the United States. Standard of Living Definition - answer - Refers to output per capita in an economy. US GDP Share of World Output - answer - In 2018, accounted for about 24% of global output. US Unemployment Rate 2018 - answer - Stood at 3.7% in the United States. Inflation Representation - answer - An increase in the aggregate price level. European Unemployment Causes - answer - Attributed to labor market rigidities and inadequate policies. EU Countries Count - answer - 27 countries are part of the European Union. Euro Area Nations - answer - Comprises 19 countries in the Euro area. Chinese Output Per Capita 2018 - answer - Around $9,700 per person in China. Chinese Output Growth Rate - answer - Between , grew at about 8% annually. Chinese Growth Factors - answer - Capital accumulation, technological progress, and market economy transition. Population of India - answer - India has a population of 1,330 million. GDP Definition - answer - Value of all final goods and services produced in an economy. Income Approach to GDP - answer - Measures GDP with a focus on labor income. Real vs. Nominal GDP - answer - Real GDP equals nominal GDP in the base year. Nominal GDP Increase - answer - Implies an increase in either real output or price level. Real GDP Change Calculation - answer - Calculates change using nominal GDP and GDP deflator. Hedonic Pricing - answer - Method to price goods based on their characteristics. Hedonic pricing - answer - Process of pricing individual characteristics of a good or service. Value added - answer - Revenue minus cost of intermediate goods. Deflation - answer - Occurs when the consumer price index decreases. Reduction in oil prices - answer - Causes a larger reduction in the CPI compared to the GDP deflator. Nominal GDP unchanged - answer - Implies real GDP increased. Reduction in GDP deflator - answer - Implies the overall price level in a country decreased. GDP in current dollars - answer - Not equivalent to real GDP. Real GDP - answer - Equivalent to GDP in constant dollars. Recession - answer - Occurs after at least two consecutive quarters of negative growth. Real GDP representation - answer - Expressed as Yt according to notation in Chapter 2. Measures of aggregate output - answer - Published regularly in the US since 1947. Capital income - answer - Does not refer to a firm's revenue. GDP measurement - answer - Can be done by market value, value added, or sum of all incomes. Nominal GDP vs. real GDP - answer - Nominal can be less if prices in the year are lower than the base year. Unemployment rate calculation - answer - Percentage of unemployed individuals in the labor force. Discouraged worker - answer - Individual who wants to work but has given up searching for a job. Labor force definition - answer - Sum of employed and officially unemployed individuals. Labor force participation rate - answer - Percentage of working-age population in the labor force. Official unemployment rate - answer - Calculated as a percentage of the labor force. Macroeconomists' concern - answer - Unemployment rate changes provide information about the economy and welfare of the unemployed. Unemployment rate vs. participation rate - answer - Former is percentage of labor force unemployed, latter is percentage of working-age population in labor