All of the Following Items Are Generally Excluded from Income

question 91

Multiple Choice

All of the following items are generally excluded from income except

• A)child support payments.
• B)interest on corporate bonds.
• C)interest on state and local government bonds.
• D)life insurance proceeds paid by reason of death.

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Definitions:

Substitution Bias

A distortion in the Consumer Price Index due to changes in consumer purchase behavior or product substitutions.

Introduction of New Goods

The process through which new products are developed and brought to the market, influencing consumer choice and potentially market structures.

CPI Construction

The method of creating the Consumer Price Index, which measures changes in the price level of a market basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households.

GDP Deflator

A measure of the level of prices of all new, domestically produced, final goods and services in an economy, used to convert nominal GDP into real GDP.