GDP And Gross National Income

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National income is the value of goods and services earned by a country in a period of time. The country’s income can be measured in 3 different measures which are GDP (gross domestic product), GNP (gross national product) and NNI net national income).Gross domestic product is the total value of all the final goods and services produced in an economy in a year. It is algebraically expressed as GDP=C+ I + G + (X-M). Gross national product/ gross national income is the total income that is earned by a country’s factor of production regardless of where the assets are located, GNP = GDP + net property income from abroad). The income earned from assets minus income paid to foreign assets to foreign operating domestically is known as net property income from abroad. Net national income is computed the subtraction of indirect business taxes and income of foreigners from the GDP. GDP is one of the most commonly used measures to calculate the countries national income. There are 3 three different methods in GDP which can be taken into account: the output method, the income method and the expenditure method. The output method is used to measure the actual value of the goods and services which are being produced. It is usually grouped according the different production sectors in the economy like agriculture, manufacturing and services. The income method is used to measure the value of income earned in an economy. The expenditure method measures the value of all spending on goods and services in the economy. The spending in all different sectors in the economy include spending by households, firms , governments and spending by foreigners on the exports which is subtracted by spending on imports. This is known as net exports. To gather the nat... ... middle of paper ... ... enjoying higher standard of living. Volunteering or community services which lead to a better society are not taken into account. Composition of output: defense goods or capital goods that do not benefit the consumers. This may not raise the living standard of the people with a higher GDP. The balance between investment and consumption: if a lot of sources are provided to the consumers in short run needs, there will be insufficient resources which will be needed in the long run. There might be an improvement in the living standard of people but lead to over exploitation of resources. Leisure time: The GDP also does not involve the leisure time or event the hard work given in by people for producing the output. These days’ jobs are very relaxed and less hard work is involved as GDP does not take these things into account, changes in real income could be understated.

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