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WHAT IS NATIONAL INCOME?
INCOME CONSUMER
SPENDING
HOUSEHOLDS
OUTPUT
CONSUMER SPENDING
Investment
Exports
Government Spending
INVESTMENT (I)
Savings
Imports
Taxation
SAVINGS (S)
DETERMINING NATIONAL
INCOME
KEYNESIANISM
Multiplier = 1 or 1
MPS 1-MPC
1 or 1
1-MPC MPS+MPM+MRT
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
MULTIPLIER
Mass unemployment
Consumption and investment are low
Few inflationary pressures
Demand for imports are low
Tax revenues are low and large demand for state benefits.
4. RECOVERY
Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
(CPI-W)
- covers 29% of the population living in households with income derived
predominantly from clerical employment or jobs with an hourly wage. CPI-W is
used to adjust Social Security payments as well as other federal benefits and
pensions for changes in the cost of living.
Consumer Price Index (CPI) Trends
Consumer Price Index (CPI) Weights
Different items
account for
different
percentages of
the CPI.
Interpreting the CPI
Activity #3