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Circular Flow of Income
Circular Flow of Income :
A model of the economy which shows the flow of goods services factors their payments around the
economy
+
, ,




① Within a closed
economy
② Within an
open economy

Measuring national income




Closed
Economy An without foreign trade Open Economy An
foreign trade
:
with National Income National Expenditure National Output
:

economy .


economy = =




Goods Service




himBack in
+
Methods of calculation


/Cages
-
,
rents
,
dividends
, y
interest

y -
Households
Measuring
·




Measuring
income :




expenditure : total
Sum of incomes


value
earnt


of
through production of goods
consumption of final goods +
+ services


services.
.




Households
S
-

Firms
& Measuring value gained through production
-




output
:




&·meeped
- Trade
export-
Foreign & imports

Physical Flow Flow of
:
a
good/service
Flow Flow of
Monetary :

money
Injections Money that enters
: into the
economy
L Government Spending ,
Investment +
Exports

Leakages/Withdrawals Money : that leaves the
economy
↳ Tax Savings + Imports
,




National income
equilibrium When the withdrawals
economy's injections
:
are
equal its .




↳ Net injections means an increase in national output

↳ Net leakages means a
decrease in national output

, ① General Concepts
Aggregate Demand ② Graphical Representations
PL

Demand The total
Aggregate quantity demanded of country's goodsa price level time period
:
a at +
given
services a




AD = c + 1 + G + (x M)-




· AD
RGDP
Yo Y,
Consumption :
How much consumers
spend on
goods + services



largest component of AD (around 60%) Changes in
price
level causes a movement
along the AD curve




↳ affected by : interest rates + confidence
downward
Why is the AD curve
sloping ?
Investment :
Spending on
capital goods
↳ around 15% of UK AD
Wealth Effect Changes
:
in PL changes real value of wealth

↳ ↑ real wealth d : consumptiond output&
↳ affected by :
rate of economic growth previous changes in income (accelerator theory) ,
,
in PL =




consumption &
↳ real wealth &
business confidence demand for exports interest rates government policy (i
,
. e . tuxation b in PL = :
output
, ,




Government Spending Spending by the
:
Government on state goods + services
·
Interest Rate Effect :
When
price is high ,
interest rate increases : cost of borrowing &, borrowing 6

↳ around 20 % of UK AD demand d output to
,


↳ affected by :
economic
growth fiscal policy The
,
:
use of Government spending + tax policies to influence economic conditions

demand-side policy
·
International Trade Effect When price :
is low exports become more competitive + costless i demand for exports &
It is
.

a ,
. ,



output ↑

Net Exports The : value of total exports minus total imports value
,
of the current account on the balance of payments
PL

↳ around 1% of Ul AD

of the world economy global

Po----
L affected by : real income
exchange rates
,
state competitiveness
, ,




Changes in components of AD causes shifts in the AD curve




Accelerator Theory : Previous changes in income affect current/future levels of investment

, ① General Concepts
Aggregate Demand ② Graphical Representations
PL

Demand The total
Aggregate quantity demanded of country's goodsa price level time period
:
a at +
given
services a




AD = c + 1 + G + (x M)-




· AD
RGDP
Yo Y,
Consumption :
How much consumers
spend on
goods + services



largest component of AD (around 60%) Changes in
price
level causes a movement
along the AD curve




↳ affected by : interest rates + confidence
downward
Why is the AD curve
sloping ?
Investment :
Spending on
capital goods
↳ around 15% of UK AD
Wealth Effect Changes
:
in PL changes real value of wealth

↳ ↑ real wealth d : consumptiond output&
↳ affected by :
rate of economic growth previous changes in income (accelerator theory) ,
,
in PL =




consumption &
↳ real wealth &
business confidence demand for exports interest rates government policy (i
,
. e . tuxation b in PL = :
output
, ,




Government Spending Spending by the
:
Government on state goods + services
·
Interest Rate Effect :
When
price is high ,
interest rate increases : cost of borrowing &, borrowing 6

↳ around 20 % of UK AD demand d output to
,


↳ affected by :
economic
growth fiscal policy The
,
:
use of Government spending + tax policies to influence economic conditions

demand-side policy
·
International Trade Effect When price :
is low exports become more competitive + costless i demand for exports &
It is
.

a ,
. ,



output ↑

Net Exports The : value of total exports minus total imports value
,
of the current account on the balance of payments
PL

↳ around 1% of Ul AD

of the world economy global

Po----
L affected by : real income
exchange rates
,
state competitiveness
, ,




Changes in components of AD causes shifts in the AD curve




Accelerator Theory : Previous changes in income affect current/future levels of investment
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