Economics
Real vs Nominal Value
Real value refers to the value of a good or service adjusted for inflation, while nominal value refers to the value of a good or service without any adjustment for inflation. Real value takes into account the purchasing power of money, while nominal value does not.
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eBook - PDFMoney, Income and Time
A Quantum-Theoretical Approach
- Alvaro Cencini(Author)
- 2013(Publication Date)
- Bloomsbury Academic(Publisher)
Nominal money is what we have described as an empty vehicle, whereas real money is the vehicle with its charge. Wages are paid in real money so that 'though the wages of the workman are commonly paid to him in money, his real revenue, like that of all other men, consists not in the money, but in the money's worth; not in the metal pieces, but in what can be got for them' (Smith 1978: 392). Nominal Money and Real Money 27 It is evident from this quotation that Ricardo's and Smith's analyses are mutally consistent and that both emphasize the distinction between money and its value referring to the same transaction, that is the payment of wages. This is certainly not fortuitous. On the contrary, it clearly shows that money's worth is closely related to production and not, as is so often claimed by neoclassical economists, to the general price level. Both Smith and Ricardo are perfectly aware that prices can only be explained once the value of money has been accounted for: nominal prices are meaningless if money is itself purely nominal. As soon as it has been understood that money's worth is the purchas-ing power of money, it becomes almost self-evident that the origin of real money must be found in the relation money holds with current output. But how do we have to define this relationship? Here again Smith's and Ricardo's analyses are extremely valuable. In fact, those authors do not have any doubt whatsoever about where to look for the process linking money to the product. It is not on the commodity market, where the purchasing power is exerted (but not formed) that they concentrate their attention. Avoiding the danger of reasoning in a vicious circle (trying to explain the formation of purchasing power through the expenditure of purchasing power), they relate money to output in the labour market. The formation of money's purchasing power is thus explained referring to work and to the payment of its corresponding wages.
eBook - PDF- Steven A. Greenlaw, Timothy Taylor, David Shapiro(Authors)
- 2017(Publication Date)
- Openstax(Publisher)
To avoid double counting, GDP counts only final output of goods and services, not the production of intermediate goods or the value of labor in the chain of production. 19.2 Adjusting Nominal Values to Real Values The nominal value of an economic statistic is the commonly announced value. The real value is the value after adjusting for changes in inflation. To convert nominal economic data from several different years into real, inflation- adjusted data, the starting point is to choose a base year arbitrarily and then use a price index to convert the measurements so that economists measure them in the money prevailing in the base year. 19.3 Tracking Real GDP over Time Over the long term, U.S. real GDP have increased dramatically. At the same time, GDP has not increased the same amount each year. The speeding up and slowing down of GDP growth represents the business cycle. When GDP declines significantly, a recession occurs. A longer and deeper decline is a depression. Recessions begin at the business cycle's peak and end at the trough. 19.4 Comparing GDP among Countries Since we measure GDP in a country’s currency, in order to compare different countries’ GDPs, we need to convert them to a common currency. One way to do that is with the exchange rate, which is the price of one country’s currency in terms of another. Once we express GDPs in a common currency, we can compare each country’s GDP per capita by dividing GDP by population. Countries with large populations often have large GDPs, but GDP alone can be a misleading indicator of a nation's wealth. A better measure is GDP per capita. 19.5 How Well GDP Measures the Well-Being of Society GDP is an indicator of a society’s standard of living, but it is only a rough indicator.
- Steven A. Greenlaw, Timothy Taylor, David Shapiro(Authors)
- 2017(Publication Date)
- Openstax(Publisher)
To avoid double counting, GDP counts only final output of goods and services, not the production of intermediate goods or the value of labor in the chain of production. 5.2 Adjusting Nominal Values to Real Values The nominal value of an economic statistic is the commonly announced value. The real value is the value after adjusting for changes in inflation. To convert nominal economic data from several different years into real, inflation- adjusted data, the starting point is to choose a base year arbitrarily and then use a price index to convert the measurements so that economists measure them in the money prevailing in the base year. 5.3 Tracking Real GDP over Time Over the long term, U.S. real GDP have increased dramatically. At the same time, GDP has not increased the same amount each year. The speeding up and slowing down of GDP growth represents the business cycle. When GDP declines significantly, a recession occurs. A longer and deeper decline is a depression. Recessions begin at the business cycle's peak and end at the trough. 5.4 Comparing GDP among Countries Since we measure GDP in a country’s currency, in order to compare different countries’ GDPs, we need to convert them to a common currency. One way to do that is with the exchange rate, which is the price of one country’s currency in terms of another. Once we express GDPs in a common currency, we can compare each country’s GDP per capita by dividing GDP by population. Countries with large populations often have large GDPs, but GDP alone can be a misleading indicator of a nation's wealth. A better measure is GDP per capita. 5.5 How Well GDP Measures the Well-Being of Society GDP is an indicator of a society’s standard of living, but it is only a rough indicator.
eBook - PDF- Steven A. Greenlaw, Timothy Taylor, David Shapiro(Authors)
- 2017(Publication Date)
- Openstax(Publisher)
To avoid double counting, GDP counts only final output of goods and services, not the production of intermediate goods or the value of labor in the chain of production. 6.2 Adjusting Nominal Values to Real Values The nominal value of an economic statistic is the commonly announced value. The real value is the value after adjusting for changes in inflation. To convert nominal economic data from several different years into real, inflation- adjusted data, the starting point is to choose a base year arbitrarily and then use a price index to convert the measurements so that economists measure them in the money prevailing in the base year. 6.3 Tracking Real GDP over Time Over the long term, U.S. real GDP have increased dramatically. At the same time, GDP has not increased the same amount each year. The speeding up and slowing down of GDP growth represents the business cycle. When GDP declines significantly, a recession occurs. A longer and deeper decline is a depression. Recessions begin at the business cycle's peak and end at the trough. 6.4 Comparing GDP among Countries Since we measure GDP in a country’s currency, in order to compare different countries’ GDPs, we need to convert them to a common currency. One way to do that is with the exchange rate, which is the price of one country’s currency in terms of another. Once we express GDPs in a common currency, we can compare each country’s GDP per capita by dividing GDP by population. Countries with large populations often have large GDPs, but GDP alone can be a misleading indicator of a nation's wealth. A better measure is GDP per capita. 6.5 How Well GDP Measures the Well-Being of Society GDP is an indicator of a society’s standard of living, but it is only a rough indicator.
eBook - PDF- Steven A. Greenlaw, Timothy Taylor(Authors)
- 2014(Publication Date)
- Openstax(Publisher)
To avoid double counting, GDP counts only final output of goods and services, not the production of intermediate goods or the value of labor in the chain of production. 6.2 Adjusting Nominal Values to Real Values The nominal value of an economic statistic is the commonly announced value. The real value is the value after adjusting for changes in inflation. To convert nominal economic data from several different years into real, inflation- adjusted data, the starting point is to choose a base year arbitrarily and then use a price index to convert the measurements so that they are measured in the money prevailing in the base year. 6.3 Tracking Real GDP over Time Over the long term, U.S. real GDP have increased dramatically. At the same time, GDP has not increased the same amount each year. The speeding up and slowing down of GDP growth represents the business cycle. When GDP declines significantly, a recession occurs. A longer and deeper decline is a depression. Recessions begin at the peak of the business cycle and end at the trough. 6.4 Comparing GDP among Countries Since GDP is measured in a country’s currency, in order to compare different countries’ GDPs, we need to convert them to a common currency. One way to do that is with the exchange rate, which is the price of one country’s currency in terms of another. Once GDPs are expressed in a common currency, we can compare each country’s GDP per capita by dividing GDP by population. Countries with large populations often have large GDPs, but GDP alone can be a misleading indicator of the wealth of a nation. A better measure is GDP per capita. 6.5 How Well GDP Measures the Well-Being of Society GDP is an indicator of a society’s standard of living, but it is only a rough indicator.
eBook - PDF- Steven A. Greenlaw, David Shapiro, Daniel MacDonald(Authors)
- 2022(Publication Date)
- Openstax(Publisher)
The real value is the value after adjusting for changes in inflation. To convert nominal economic data from several different years into real, inflation-adjusted data, the starting point is to choose a base year arbitrarily and then use a price index to convert the measurements so that economists measure them in the money prevailing in the base year. 19.3 Tracking Real GDP over Time Over the long term, U.S. real GDP have increased dramatically. At the same time, GDP has not increased the same amount each year. The speeding up and slowing down of GDP growth represents the business cycle. When GDP declines significantly, a recession occurs. A longer and deeper decline is a depression. Recessions begin at the business cycle's peak and end at the trough. 19.4 Comparing GDP among Countries Since we measure GDP in a country’s currency, in order to compare different countries’ GDPs, we need to convert them to a common currency. One way to do that is with the exchange rate, which is the price of one country’s currency in terms of another. Once we express GDPs in a common currency, we can compare each country’s GDP per capita by dividing GDP by population. Countries with large populations often have large GDPs, but GDP alone can be a misleading indicator of a nation's wealth. A better measure is GDP per capita. 19.5 How Well GDP Measures the Well-Being of Society GDP is an indicator of a society’s standard of living, but it is only a rough indicator. GDP does not directly take account of leisure, environmental quality, levels of health and education, activities conducted outside the market, changes in inequality of income, increases in variety, increases in technology, or the (positive or negative) value that society may place on certain types of output. Self-Check Questions 1. Country A has export sales of $20 billion, government purchases of $1,000 billion, business investment is $50 billion, imports are $40 billion, and consumption spending is $2,000 billion.
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