Case Study: Understanding Gross Domestic Product

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Data Exercise #1:
Understanding Gross Domestic Product
ECON 201: Principles of Macroeconomics
Uliana Gretchenko
University of Maryland University College

Abstract
Gross domestic product (GDP) is the monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period. It is important to know GPD to make conclusions about an economic growth and well-being of population of each particular country. This paper examines two methods of calculating GDP: Expenditures Approach and Income Approach. It also provides a GDP per capita as well as Index of Economic Freedom analysis.

2016 2017
Nominal GDP Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3
Gross domestic product 18,905.5 19,057.7 19,250.0 19,495.5
Gross private domestic investment 3,126.2 3,128.7 3,178.1 …show more content…

It measures the GDP as follows: Total National Income + Sales Taxes + Depreciation + Net Foreign Factor Income. Total national income totals the sum of all wages + rents + interest and profits.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Gross National Product (GNP) both try to estimate the market value of all goods and services produced for final sale in an economy (Investopedia.com). The difference between GDP and GNP is that that latter is a narrower definition of basically the same thing. If GDP is the sum value of products and services produced within a country, GNP is the sum value of products and services produced by its citizens both inside and outside the country. At the same time GDP takes into account production of non-citizens within the country, whereas GNP does not (Taylor & Greenlaw, 2014).
The formula to calculate GNP:
GNP = GDP + net factor income from abroad,

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