Recall the Application About the Size of Wal-Mart to Answer

question 79

Multiple Choice

Recall the Application about the size of Wal-Mart to answer the following question(s) . During 2008, Wal-Mart's sales were approximately $374 billion, or roughly 2.6 percent of U.S. GDP, and its cost of sales was $286 billion.
-In listing both the amount and cost of Wal-Mart's 2008 sales, this Application is addressing the economic concept of

• A) real versus nominal GDP.
• B) GDP as a measure of welfare.
• C) chain-weighted indexes.
• D) value added.

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