GDP Real GDP Year (Dollars) (Base year 2008, dollars) 2008 2009 2010 From 2009 to 2010, GDP. , and real GDP Why is real GDP a more accurate measure of an economy's production than GDP? Real GDP includes the value of exports, but GDP does not. Real GDP does not include the value of intermediate goods and services, but GDP does. Real GDP is not influenced by price changes, but GDP is.
GDP Real GDP Year (Dollars) (Base year 2008, dollars) 2008 2009 2010 From 2009 to 2010, GDP. , and real GDP Why is real GDP a more accurate measure of an economy's production than GDP? Real GDP includes the value of exports, but GDP does not. Real GDP does not include the value of intermediate goods and services, but GDP does. Real GDP is not influenced by price changes, but GDP is.
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Transcribed Image Text:4. GDP vs Real GDP
Consider a simple economy that produces two goods: cupcakes and oranges. The following table shows the prices and quantities of the goods over a
three-year period.
Cupcakes
Oranges
Price
Quantity
Price
Quantity
Year (Dollars per cupcake) (Number of cupcakes) (Dollars per orange) (Number of oranges)
2008
1
120
190
2009
160
4
200
2010
130
4
195
Use the information from the previous table to fill in the following table.
GDP
Real GDP
Year
(Dollars)
(Base year 2008, dollars)
2008
2009
2010
From 2009 to 2010, GDP
and real GDP
Why is real GDP a more accurate measure of an economy's production than GDP?
Real GDP includes the value of exports, but GDP does not.
Real GDP does not include the value of intermediate goods and services, but GDP does.
Real GDP is not influenced by price changes, but GDP is.
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