Economics Questions and Answers

Inflation is simply a market condition where plenty money is used to pay for less goods.  when there is excess money in circulation in the economy, it can lead to inflation. In general, as interest rates are reduced, more people are able to borrow more money. The result is that consumers have more money to spend, causing the economy to grow and inflation to increase, real interest rates fall as inflation increases. (because there is excess money in the economy, borrowing will not be expensive).

National banknotes are generally legal tender, meaning that medium of payment is allowed by law or recognized by a legal system to be valid for meeting a financial obligation.

The Income Method measures national income from the side of payments made to the primary factors of production in the form of rent, wages, interest and profit for their productive services in an accounting year.

The main difference is that GNP (Gross National Product) takes into account net income receipts from abroad. GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is a measure of (national income = national output = national expenditure) produced in a particular country. GNP = GDP + net property income from abroad.

Double counting is an error caused as a result of illogical calculation. This term is used in economics to refer to the faulty practice of counting the value of a nation's goods more than once. Since goods are produced in stages, through specialized channels of production, many intermediate goods are used to produce a final good. If the values of each of these intermediate goods is added together, without subtracting expenditures incurred during the production process, the error of double counting will be committed.