Econ compare two country's economies

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Table 1
	The component of GUIDES
	G	Growth and GDP
	U	Unemployment and Utilization
	I	Inflation and Interest Rates
	D	Debt and Deficits
	E	External Balance and Exchange Rates
	S	Saving and Investment
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		Growth and GDP
					USA			Argentina
		Indicator Click Indicator to view website data.	Meaning	Leading / Lagging	Current	Trend	Healthy ? Choose One and explain	Current	Trend	Healthy ? Choose One and explain
		Real GDP	Measures national income and output. GDP is equal to the total expenditures for all final good and services produced within the country.	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Real GDP Growth (annual % change)	Percentage change in GDP	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Gross Fixed Capital Formation	Measures the value of ac- quisitions of new or existing fixed assets by the business sector. Shows how much new value the economy added through investment rather than spending.	Leading			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Productivity	The real value of output produced by a unit of labor during a certain time.	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		GDP per capita PPP (optional)	GDP divided by total population	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
	U Unemployment and Utilization
		Unemploy- ment Rate %	The percentage of unem- ployment workers in the total labor force. It is low during good economics times and high during recessions	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Capacity Utilization Rate	Measures how much of the productive ability of the installed capital base in a country is being used. Conversely, indicates how much capital is going unused.	Coincidental			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Inflation and Interest Rates
		CPI	Compares current price of a fixed basket of goods.	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		GDP Deflator (Under “Prices”)	Compare prices over time of all output in an economy. Measures the relationship between nominal and real GDP.	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Interest Rate %	The price for holding money - time value of money.	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Inflation Rate %	Represents the long run inflation, transitionary price changes are excluded.	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Core Inflation	Represents the long run inflation, transitionary price changes are excluded	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Debt and Deficits
		Govern- ment Budget	Itemized accounting of the payments received by government (taxes or other fees) and the payments made by government. A budget deficit occurs when a government spends more money than it takes in.	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Debt / GDP	The ratio between a coun- try’s government debt and its gross domestic product. A low ratio indicates the country is able to sufficient- ly pay back debts without incurring debts.	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Govern- ment Spending (optional)	Amount of money govern- ment spends on services, infrastructure, etc.	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		External Debt	Debt owed to foreign investors.	N/A			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Credit Rating (optional)	An estimate of the ability of an entity to fulfill their finan- cial commitments.	N/A			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Corporate Tax Rate (optional)	The tax rate for corporations.	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Personal Income Tax rate (optional)	The tax rate for individuals.	Coincidental			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		External Balance and Exchange Rates
		Current Account	An economy’s proceeds from trade in good, services, and payments for the factors of production with the rest of the world.	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Current Account to GDP	Indicator of sustainability of an economy’s current status. Large deficits indi- cate heavy borrowing from abroad.	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Currency	A system of money. The value of the money changes over time.	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Yearly Currency Change	Measures the amount of change, positive or nega- tive, in currency’s value over year.	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Imports (optional)	Amount of good purchased in one country from another.	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Exports (optional)	Amount of goods purchased by foreigners from a country.	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Saving and Investment
		Net National Savings (use website search field)	The sum of private and public savings.	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Investment as Percentage of GDP (use website search field)	Total business spending on fixed assets, such as facto- ries, machinery, equipment, etc., which provide the basis for future production.	Leading			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Personal Savings	When a person rather than a company saves money to spend or invest later.	Lagging			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
		Foreign Direct Investment	The amount of controlling ownership in a business enterprise in one country by an entity based in another country.	N/A			Yes No Not clear			Yes No Not clear
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					USA			Argentina
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