Aggregate Expenditures Are the

question 188

Multiple Choice

Aggregate expenditures are the

• A) sum of planned levels of consumption, investment, government purchases, and net exports, at a given price level, as they relate to real GDP.
• B) sum of consumption, saving, investment, government purchases, and net exports, at a given price level, as they relate to real GDP.
• C) total of all spending, and equal to the value of real GDP at all price levels.
• D) value of GDP, in nominal values, for all price levels, all other things unchanged.

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