A certain country's GDP (total monetary value of all finished goods and services produced in that country) can be approximated by g(t) = 2,000-420e 0.07t billion dollars per year (0 ≤t≤ 5), where t is time in years since January 2010. Find an expression for the total GDP G(t) of sold goods in this country from January 2010 to time t. HINT: [Use the shortcuts.] G(t) = Estimate, to the nearest billion dollars, the country's total GDP from January 2010 through June 2014. (The actual value was 7,321 billion dollars.) Xbillion dollars

Household spending by all UK households amounted to over £500 billion in 1997, or 63% of gross domestic product. This level of expenditure is very closely related to conditions in the country's macro-economic environment. For marketers, it is crucial to be able to read the macro-economic environment and to predict the effects of change in demand for their goods and services. Identifying turning points in the economic cycle has become a work of art as well as science, as consumers frequently confound experts by changing their expenditure levels in a way which could not have been predicted on the basis of past experience. During the Autumn of 1998, mortgage rates in the UK were falling; unemployment was close to its lowest level for two decades; pay rises were keeping ahead of inflation; and share prices were recovering from their recent falls. Yet expenditure by British households was falling sharply. For three consecutive months retail sales fell in value, with retailers such as Marks…

When taking GDP on a global scale into consideration, two concerns become immediately obvious. When comparing GDPs, can these elements be taken into consideration, and if so, what precisely are they?

PART I -- GDP is the most often cited measure of how our economy is doing. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reports U.S. Real GDP quarterly. Based on estimates of Q1 data, (actual Q1 data not released until April 27), how did the U.S. economy do in the first quarter? PART II -- CPI -- an equally important economic indicator -- is reported monthly and the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. Released recently. What did that report tell us?.