Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780134896441
Author: ABEL, Andrew B., BERNANKE, Ben, CROUSHORE, Dean Darrell
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 1RQ
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The three approaches used commonly in measuring the performance of an economy together with the reason behind each providing the same answer.

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The gross domestic product is the monetary value of all final goods produced within the boundaries of a country during a specific period.

It could be calculated using three main approaches.

They are the production approach, the expenditure approach, and the income approach.

When calculated using any of these approaches, the GDP value will be the same.

They are being designed in a way that an entry made in one approach creates a counter entry of the same value in the other two approaches.

For example, if 100 metric tons of rice is being produced and sold by an economy, the production of it would be recorded under the production approach, its sale would be recorded under the expenditure approach, and the funds raised by its sale would fall under the income approach.

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