---
title: "SSEMA1: Measuring Economic Activity (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSEMA1
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSEMA1
subject: social_studies
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# SSEMA1: Measuring Economic Activity

Explain the methods by which economic activity is measured.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSEMA1a**: Describe key economic outcomes and how they are measured including economic growth using Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and real GDP; price stability using the Consumer Price Index (CPI); and full employment using the unemployment rate.
- **SSEMA1b**: Explain the differences between seasonal, structural, cyclical, and frictional unemployment.
- **SSEMA1c**: Describe the stages of the business cycle and its relation to economic measurement, including: peak, contraction, trough, recovery/expansion as well as recession.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.