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

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