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Principles of Macroeconomics: Comprehensive Final Exam Study Guide

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Expenditure Approach for Measuring GDP

Detailed Explanation of GDP Components

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

Nominal Interest, Real Interest, and the Fisher Equation

Who is Affected by Inflation?

Costs of Inflation: Shoe-leather Costs and Menu Costs

Long-Run Economic Growth

Productivity and the Per-Worker Production Function

Growth Rates and the Rule of 70

Institutions that Promote Economic Growth

Investment, Savings, and the Financial System

Savings Equal Investment

Market for Loanable Funds

Shifts in the Market for Loanable Funds

Business Cycles and Their Characteristics

Aggregate Demand

Shifting Aggregate Demand

Long Run Aggregate Supply

Short Run Aggregate Supply

Shifting Short Run Aggregate Supply

AD-AS Model: Shifts in Aggregate Demand

AD-AS Model: Equilibrium in the Short Run and Long Run

The Functions of Money; The Kinds of Money

Defining the Money Supply: M1 and M2

Required Reserves and the Deposit Multiplier

Introduction to the Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve and the Money Supply

Quantity Theory of Money

Monetary Policy and Aggregate Demand

Expansionary and Contractionary Monetary Policy

Introduction to Fiscal Policy

Expansionary and Contractionary Fiscal Policy