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Lesson 10: Gross Domestic Product | Unit 1: Measuring Production Page: 1 of 25

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Economists use numerical measurements to indicate the health and well-being of the economy.
  • Economic diagnosis relies on several indicators.
  • Gross domestic product is the most comprehensive measure of the economy's production and one of the most basic measures of the economy's well-being.
  • Gross domestic product, as well as other economic measures, are indicators of our economic health.
A GDP Definition:

Gross domestic product (GDP) is the total market value of all final goods and services produced in the economy in a given period of time, usually one year.

  • The goal of GDP is to measure the total production of goods and services produced in the economy each year.
  • A larger GDP means that we have more goods and services that can be used to satisfy our unlimited wants and needs.
  • The chart presents recent numbers for GDP in the United States.

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AVERAGE REVENUE, MONOPOLISTIC COMPETITION

The revenue received for selling a good per unit of output sold, found by dividing total revenue by the quantity of output. Average revenue often goes by a simpler and more widely used term... price. For a monopolistically competitive firm average revenue is greater than marginal revenue. Average revenue for a monopolistically competitive firm is often depicted by a negatively-sloped average revenue curve.

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