Basic Concepts of Macroeconomics Class 12 | Differences | Chapter 2 |

Basic Concepts of Macroeconomics Class 12 | Differences | Chapter 2 |

Classification of Goods

Basic Concepts of Macroeconomics Class 12 : In economics, the goods are broadly classified into four ways which are as follow:

1. Final Goods: Final goods refer to those goods which are available for the final user for consumption or those goods which have crossed the boundary line of production and no value addition is possible.
2. Intermediate Goods: Intermediate goods are those goods which are within the boundary line of production and are purchased by one firm from the another one for the purpose of resale or to use them as raw material. In these goods, value is yet to be added and are not ready for the final consumption.

Additional Points to Remember

• The same goods can be classified as final or intermediate goods due to the end use of the goods. It all depends on the final use of those goods.
• For Example, Milk purchased by household is a final good whereas milk purchased by dairy for the purpose of resale is classified as intermediate good.

3. Consumption or Consumer Goods: These are the goods which are directly used by the humans to satisfy there wants.

These goods are further classified into four types:

• Durable Goods: These are those goods which are of high value and can be used for many years. The tenure of these goods is around 7-8 years. For Example- TV, Car, etc.
• Semi-Durable Goods: It refers to those goods which can be used for a period of one or two years. For example – Furniture, Clothes, etc.
• Non-Durable or Single use Goods: Such goods are used for a shorter period of time i.e. less than one year. For example- Milk, Petrol, Gas, etc.
• Services: Services are non-tangible items which directly satisfy the wants of the humans. For Example Services rendered by Lawyer, Government Officials, etc.

4. Capital Goods: These Goods are the fixed assets for the producer which are used in the process of production for many years and are of very high value. Usage of these goods leads to depreciation which is managed by Depreciation Reserve Fund.

Concept and Components of Consumption Expenditure

Consumption Expenditure refers to the total expenditure done on the consumption by household, government and non-profit private institutions in an economy.

Household buys goods for satisfying their wants whereas government and non-profit institutes buy goods for distribution and charity respectively. If all the above expenditures are added, we get the total consumption expenditure.

Consumption Expenditure= Expenditure done by household + Expenditure done by government+ Expenditure done by non-profit institutes.

Concept and Types of Investment

Investment refers to the addition in the capital stock. Thus change in stock of capital is known as capital formation. Therefore investment is also called as capital formation. It can be classified into two types:

• Fixed Investment: It refers to the increase in the fixed asset stock by the producer in an accounting year. It is also known as fixed capital formation. Example- In the beginning of year a producer have two machineries but at the end of the year the producer have five machineries.
• Inventory Investment: It refers to the change in stock of inventory in an accounting year. Inventory includes finished goods, semi-finished goods and raw material. It is also known as inventory stock.

Inventory Investment = Stock of inventory at the end of the accounting year – Stock of inventory at the beginning of the accounting year.

Concept of Depreciation

Depreciation refers to the fall in the value of fixed assets because of normal wear and tear and accidental damages. The value of these goods goes down when they get outdated due to change in technology or change in demand. It represents how much value of asset has been used up and is also known as expected obsolescence or consumption of fixed capital.

It recovers through depreciation reserve fund made by the producer.

Four Sectors of Economy

On a macro point of view, the whole economy is divided into four sectors. Names of those sectors are as follow:

• Household Sector: They are the owners of the factors of production and consumer of goods and services.
• Producer Sector: This sector uses factor of production to produce goods and services for other sectors.
• Government Sector: Government produces and sells goods for income and also works as an welfare agency for the welfare of the nation.
• External Sector: It is also known as rest of the world sector. It includes all those activities which are related to the import and export of goods and services.

Inter-Sectoral Flows

It shows the dependency of one sector on another one either in the form of goods and services or in the form of money.

• Real Flows: The flow of actual goods and services from one sector to another is called real flow.
• Money Flows: The flow of money from one sector to another is called money flow. It is opposite of real flow.

Circular Flow of Income

Circular flow of income refers to the endless flow of the activities of production, generation of income and expenditure. Under this each activity is correspondence in value to each other. It has three phases namely;

Phase of production: Under this phase, the value is added to the goods to make is usable for the household sector.

Phase of Income Generation: Under this phase, the finished product is sold to the household sector which leads to generation of income and helps in gaining profit by which the producer can earn.

Phase of Expenditure: Under this phase, the generated income is disposed off or used for the payments by producer to households for consuming factors of productions.

Differences

Final Goods and Intermediate Goods

Capital Goods and Consumer Goods

Gross Investment and Net Investment

Expected Obsolescence and Unexpected Obsolescence

Consumption of Fixed Capital and Capital Loss

Stock and Flow

Kindly refer to the following chapters for better understanding and higher scores in Class 12 Economics Exam.

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