Potential GDP Is Defined as

question 188

Multiple Choice

Potential GDP is defined as

• A)the maximum GDP that the economy can produce.
• B)the amount of GDP produced if there is no frictional unemployment.
• C)the level of GDP attained when all firms are producing at capacity.
• D)the amount of GDP produced if there is no structural unemployment.
• E)the lowest level of GDP at which a country can feed its people.

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Definitions:

Command System

A method of organizing an economy in which property resources are publicly owned and government uses central economic planning to direct and coordinate economic activities; socialism; communism. Compare with market system.

Central Planning

An economic system where the government or a central authority makes all decisions about the production and allocation of goods and services.

Economic Profits

The surplus generated when total revenues exceed the total costs (including both explicit and implicit costs) of production, reflecting a return beyond the normal profit level.

Total Costs

The combined total of expenses related to the generation of goods or services, integrating both unchanging and adjustable costs.