The total amount of goods and services in the economy available at all price levels
What is the difference between nominal and real GDP?
Real GDP is adjusted for inflation or deflation, whereas nominal GDP is not
Per economist Mary Daly, what was the biggest problem with the Great Recession?
The large number of people that lost their job and were unable to find work in a reasonable amount of time
What does GDP stand for?
What is the most important determinant of a healthy economy?
The amount of goods and services in the economy that will be purchased at all possible price levels
A period of decline in total output, income, employment, and trade, usually lasting six months to a year and marked by widespread contractions in many sectors of the economy.
Job losses were very board based
Rise in unemployment across the skill distribution
Almost all job cuts were permanent
Record long-term unemployment
A rise in per capita GDP signals what?
Growth in the economy and an increase in productivity