{"id":2840,"date":"2023-02-22T21:42:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T21:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient103\/?page_id=2840"},"modified":"2023-02-22T21:42:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T21:42:26","slug":"economic-growth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient103\/learning-pathways\/principles-of-economics-for-small-businesses\/economic-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Business-growth_graph.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Business-growth graph.jpg\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/2\/2b\/Business-growth_graph.jpg\/300px-Business-growth_graph.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<table class=\"cquote\" style=\"margin:auto; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; background-color: transparent; width: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border:none; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding: 10px 10px;\"> \u201c\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border: none; padding: 4px 10px;\"> Economic growth is an increase in the capacity of an economy to produce goods and services, compared from one period of time to another. It can be measured in nominal or real terms, the latter of which is adjusted for inflation. Traditionally, aggregate economic growth is measured in terms of gross national product (GNP) or gross domestic product (GDP), although alternative metrics are sometimes used.\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; padding: 10px 10px;\"> \u201d\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" class=\"cquotecite\" style=\"border: none; padding-right: 4%\">\n<p style=\"font-size: smaller; text-align: right;\"><cite style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u2014<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/e\/economicgrowth.asp#ixzz4nO2SZu6q\">Investopedia<\/a><\/cite><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\"><br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a lot to think about there. This video should help.\n<\/p>\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-qc-u76o76x0\" style=\"max-width:400px;\" class=\"arve alignleft\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:500\/281\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.200000%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-qc-u76o76x0\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/qC-U76O76X0?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"224.8\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/qC-U76O76X0?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"Economic growth explained (1:19)\" width=\"400\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/course.oeru.org\\\/ient103\\\/learning-pathways\\\/principles-of-economics-for-small-businesses\\\/economic-growth\\\/#arve-youtube-qc-u76o76x0\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/qC-U76O76X0?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\",\"name\":\"Economic growth explained (1:19)\"}<\/script>\n\t\n<div class=\"arve-error\"><p><small><abbr title=\"Advanced Responsive Video Embedder\">ARVE<\/abbr> error: maxwidth: <code>560px<\/code> is not valid<\/small><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"Reading\" class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"reading\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ient103\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_reading.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Required reading<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Multiple factors can affect economic growth. To explore the concept further, read the following texts, and then work on the activity below.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebalance.com\/what-is-economic-growth-3306014\">Economic growth, its measurements, causes, and effects<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebalance.com\/what-is-gdp-definition-of-gross-domestic-product-3306038\">Gross Domestic Product and how it affects you<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<b>WEnote<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>Search online and find the GDP of the country you are living in or of your home country.\n<\/p>\n<p>Is the GDP increasing or decreasing? Can you find out why this is happening?\n<\/p>\n<p>Share the GDP of the country you&#8217;ve chosen, what is currently happening with the GDP, and any commentary on this.\n<\/p>\n<p>For example:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <i>The UK GDP fell to 0.3% from 0.7% in 2017. 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