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Macroeconomics Study Guide: GDP, Unemployment, Inflation, and Economic Growth

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Business Cycles and Their Characteristics

Expenditure Approach for Measuring GDP

Nominal GDP and Real GDP

Shortcomings of GDP

Labor Force and Unemployment

Types of Unemployment

Unemployment: Minimum Wage Laws and Efficiency Wages

Inflation and Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Using CPI to Adjust for Inflation

Problems with the Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Nominal Income and Real Income

Costs of Inflation: Shoe-leather Costs and Menu Costs

Long-Run Economic Growth

Productivity and the Per-Worker Production Function

Institutions that Promote Economic Growth

Growth Rates and the Rule of 70

Investment, Savings, and the Financial System