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Peak Peak Trough The Business Cycle and Economic Activity 1. What is the difference between a decrease in GDP and a decrease in GDP growth? 2. Explain the cyclical pattern of economies using the business cycle diagram 3. Explain the concept of potential output and its relationship to the “output gap” Remember: • Economic growth-increases in the quantity of output produced over a period of time (year) and expressed as: – %change in real GDP/GNI over period of time – %change in real GDP/GNI per capita over a period of time – i.e., real GDP in 2004 was $50bil and increased to $51bil in 2005, rate of growth is ((new-old/old)*100), so rate of growth was +2% • Remember, %change representing growth is not always positive value; if real GDP has fallen, it will be negative – real GDP in 2006 was $60bil and decreased to $57bil in 2007, rate of growth is ((new-old/old)*100), so rate of growth was -5% Remember… The same information shown on the business cycle can be shown on a production possibilities curve: – – – Full employment Unemployment Inflation The shifters of the PPC affect GDP: – – – Change in quantity/quality of resources Changes in technology Changes in trade Why is economic growth the goal of every society? • Provides better goods and services • Increases wages and standard of living • Allows more leisure time • Economy can better meet wants Decrease in GDP vs. GDP growth • Decrease in GDP-fall in the value of output produced, such as ex. #2 on last slide • Decrease in GDP growth- falling rates of growth, though rates of growth may be positive (see ex ) Year Real GDP ($bil) Real GDP growth 2007 210.0 --- 2008 215.5 2.6% (increasing GDP) 2009 219.5 1.9% (increasing GDP, falling GDP growth) 2010 223.1 1.6% (increasing GDP, falling GDP growth) 2011 217.0 -2.7% (decreasing GDP, negative GDP growth) Business Cycles (aka economic fluctuations) •Real output in most countries grows over long periods of time, but output growth is uneven and irregular •business cycle -recurrent fluctuations in growth of real output (“ups and downs”) in the level of economic activity • Alternating periods of expansion (increasing real output) and contraction (decreasing real output) • Individual business cycles may vary greatly in duration and intensity • All display a set of phases THE BUSINESS CYCLE Phases of the Business Cycle Expansion • Expansion occurs when there is positive growth in real GDP (upward sloping parts of curve) • During these periods: – Employment of resources increases – General price level (average overall prices) begins to rise rapidly – Beginning of inflation Level of business activity PEAK Time Peak (prosperity phase): •Real output in the economy is at a high level (max real GDP) • Marks end of expansion • Unemployment is low • Domestic output may be at capacity (price level increases rapidly) • Inflation may be high Level of business activity RECESSION Contraction (recession) phase: Time •Recession – government determinant of two consecutive quarters (6 months) of declining output • Real output is decreasing (falling real GDP, negative growth) • If the recession is prolonged, price may decline (deflation) • As contraction continues, inflation pressure fades • Unemployment rate is rising Level of business activity TROUGH Trough (depression) phase: Time • Minimum (lowest) point of real GDP • end of contraction • Widespread unemployment; output at lowest point • may be short- or long-term • no precise way to tell where decreased output (serious recession) becomes a depression Real GDP per year Business Cycle-one cycle through 4 phases Peak Peak Trough One cycle Time Recessions since 1950 show that duration and depth are varied: Period 1953-54 1957-58 1960-61 1969-70 1973-75 1980 1981-82 1990-91 2001 Duration in months 10 8 10 11 16 6 16 8 8 Depth (decline in real GDP) — 3.0% — 3.5% — 1.0% — 1.1% — 4.3% — 3.4% — 2.6% — 2.6% app. —3.3% Causes of Fluctuations Innovation Political events Random events Wars Level of consumer spending Seasonal fluctuations Cyclical Impacts — durable and non durable An Actual Business Cycle 1981 - 1990 ($ billion, 1992 dollars) Real GDP Peak 6000 5200 Peak 4600 Trough ‘80 82 ‘85 One Cycle ‘90 Case study (extra info): The Great Depression The Great Depression The Great Depression [continued] Great Depression Stats Global Depression, 1929-1932 Ave. Unemployment Rate, 1925-1928 Ave. Unemployment Rate, 1929-1933 Percent Decrease in Prices, 1929-1932 Six Million “Rosie the Riveters” World War II Production of these items brought us out of the Great Depression. 300,000 warplanes 124,000 ships 289,000 combat vehicles and tanks 36 billion yards of cotton goods 41 billion rounds of ammunition 2.4 million military trucks 111,527 tank guns and howitzers •$288 billion was spent on the war, •$100 billion in the first six months. Unemployment hit an all-time low of 1.2% and personal savings were 25.5%.