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Macroeconomics Exam Study Guide: Key Topics and Concepts

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Expenditure Approach for Measuring GDP

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    Calculating GDP Using the Expenditure Approach
    02:31

Nominal GDP and Real GDP

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    Nominal GDP and Real GDP
    09:15
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    Inflation and the GDP Deflator
    03:04

Shortcomings of GDP

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    Shortcomings of GDP
    02:21

Other Measures of Total Production and Total Income

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    Other Measures of Total Production and Total Income
    05:10

Labor Force and Unemployment

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    Problems with Measuring Unemployment
    04:35
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    Labor Force and Unemployment
    05:58

Types of Unemployment

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    Frictional, Structural, and Cyclical Unemployment
    05:44
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    Definition of Full Employment
    02:44

Inflation and Consumer Price Index (CPI)

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    Calculating CPI and Inflation Rate
    08:35
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    Consumer Price Index (CPI)
    04:40
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    Inflation
    03:34

Using CPI to Adjust for Inflation

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    Using CPI to Adjust for Inflation
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    Using CPI to Adjust for Inflation
    02:49

Nominal Interest, Real Interest, and the Fisher Equation

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    Nominal Interest, Real Interest, and the Fisher Equation
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Costs of Inflation: Shoe-leather Costs and Menu Costs

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    Costs of Inflation: Shoe-leather Costs, Menu Costs, and Tax Costs
    04:37

Long-Run Economic Growth

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    Economic Growth
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Growth Rates and the Rule of 70

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    Growth Rates and the Rule of 70
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    Growth Rates and the Rule of 70
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Investment, Savings, and the Financial System

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    Investment and Savings
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    The Financial System
    02:10

Business Cycles and Their Characteristics

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    Business Cycle Characteristics
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    Causes of Business Cycles
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    Key Ideas of the Business Cycle
    02:33

Aggregate Demand

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    AD-AS Model: Aggregate Demand
    02:56
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    Interest Rate Effect
    05:48
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    Wealth Effect
    02:47

Long Run Aggregate Supply

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    Long Run Aggregate Supply
    04:36
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    Shifting Long Run Aggregate Supply
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Short Run Aggregate Supply

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    Short Run Aggregate Supply Slopes Upwards
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    Short Run Aggregate Supply
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AD-AS Model: Equilibrium in the Short Run and Long Run

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    Long Run Equilibrium in the AD-AS Model
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    Short Run Equilibrium in the AD-AS Model
    02:35

The Functions of Money; The Kinds of Money

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    Kinds of Money
    01:33
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    Functions of Money
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    Definition of Money; Barter Economy; Double Coincidence of Wants
    02:30

Defining the Money Supply: M1 and M2

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    Defining the Money Supply: M1 and M2
    02:14

Required Reserves and the Deposit Multiplier

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    Bank Balance Sheet and Money Supply
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    Required Reserves and the Deposit Multiplier
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Introduction to the Federal Reserve

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    Organization of the Federal Reserve
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    Role of the Federal Reserve
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The Federal Reserve and the Money Supply

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    Money Supply:Discount Policy and Required Reserves
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    Money Supply:Open Market Operations
    06:01

Monetary Policy and Aggregate Demand

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    Price Levels and the Money Market
    06:24
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    Monetary Policy and Aggregate Demand
    04:53
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    Interest Rates and Aggregate Demand
    06:42

Federal Reserve Policies during the 2007-2009 Recession

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    Federal Reserve Policies during the 2007-2009 Recession
    08:06

Introduction to Fiscal Policy

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    Introduction; Discretionary Policy and Automatic Stabilizers
    09:33

Expansionary and Contractionary Fiscal Policy

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    Contractionary Fiscal Policy
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    Expansionary Fiscal Policy
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Government Purchases and the Multiplier Effect

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    Government Purchases GDP Multiplier
    08:02

Taxes, the Multiplier Effect, and Automatic Stabilizers

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    Taxes as an Automatic Stabilizer
    03:50
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    Taxes and the GDP Multiplier
    05:11

Long Run Effects of Fiscal Policy

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    Persistent Budget Deficit
    03:39
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    Long Run Tax Policy
    02:40

Balance of Payments: Introduction

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    Balance of Payments: Introduction
    05:29

Sources of Comparative Advantage

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    Sources of Comparative Advantage
    05:50

Tariffs

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    Tariffs on Imports
    14:35

Import Quotas and VERs

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    Import Quotas and VERs
    14:08
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    Import Quotas
    09:44

Arguments Against International Trade

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    Arguments Against International Trade
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