Productivity Measures

question 52

Multiple Choice

Productivity measures:

• A) Output per worker.
• B) The dollar value of investment.
• C) Final goods minus intermediate goods.
• D) The total amount of goods produced in the United States.

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Definitions:

Total Output

The total quantity of goods and services produced by an economy, sector, or individual producer over a specified period.

Coincidence-of-Wants Problem

Refers to the difficulty in barter transactions where each party needs to have what the other wants and be willing to trade for it simultaneously.

Trade by Barter

The exchange of goods or services between parties without the use of money as a medium of exchange.

Capital Goods

Long-term assets such as buildings, machinery, and equipment used by businesses to produce goods and services.