Macroeconomics for Today
Macroeconomics for Today
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ISBN: 9780357161494
Author: Irvin B. Tucker
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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The basic cause of business cycle.

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The basic reason of business cycles according to the generally accepted theories is the changes in the amount of aggregate spending or aggregate demand. The aggregate spending includes the consumption, investment for business, government expenditure, and foreign transactions. The changes in any of these factors result in the business cycle. Consumption (C), investment (I), government expenditure (G) and foreign transactions (X-M), and gross domestic product GDP can be expressed as follows:

GDP=C+I+G+(XM)

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Real GDP: Real GDP refers to the market value of all the final goods and services produced in an economy during an accounting year, which is measured in the constant prices.

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