3. Points with National Income
Expressed in monetary terms
Value of final goods and services
Flow of final goods and services
Exclude ‘pure exchange’ transactions
4. There are two types of economy
Closed Economy: An economy which has
no economic transactions with rest of the
world
Open Economy: An economy which has
transactions with rest of the world, i.e
export less imports
5. There are two activities to get
national income
Economic Activities: human activities
Non Economic Activities: spiritual,
psychological, social and political
6. National Income at a factor of cost
In the form of payments: wages, rent
profit, indirect tax and subsidies
7. Measures of National Income
Gross National Product (GNP): “it is the
value of final goods and services
produced during a specific period”
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): “it is the
market value of all final goods and
services produced by all enterprises
located with in a country.”
Net National Product (NNP): it is defined
as GNP – Depreciation.