This document provides information about gross domestic product (GDP) including:
- Definitions of microeconomics, macroeconomics, and finance.
- Examples of how to calculate and compare GDP for different economies.
- The key components that make up GDP: consumer spending, investment, government spending, and net exports.
- Examples of GDP calculations for the United States in 2003 and Portugal in 2008.
- Descriptions of economic terms like the business cycle, recession, prosperity, and net exporters/importers.