How Is the Public Debt Calculated

question 77

Multiple Choice

How is the public debt calculated?

• A)by adding up consumption, investment, government purchases, and net exports and then cumulating the annual totals over the years of the nation
• B)by subtracting consumption and investment from government spending each year and then cumulating the annual totals over the years of the nation
• C)by subtracting current government spending from current government tax revenues
• D)by adding up the difference between annual government tax revenues and annual government spending and cumulating the differences over the years of the nation

Identify factors that affect the demand for and supply of money in the economy.

Understand the advantages of money as a store of value and its role in generating interest income.

Distinguish between flow and stock variables in the context of monetary economics.

Explain how changes in real GDP and price level impact the money demand curve.

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