The Value of Goods Added to a Firm's Inventory in a Certain

question 156

Multiple Choice

The value of goods added to a firm's inventory in a certain year is treated as

• A)consumption, since the goods will be sold to consumers in another period.
• B)intermediate goods, and so is not included in that year's GDP.
• C)investment, since GDP aims to measure the value of the economy's production that year.
• D)spending on durable goods, since the goods could not be inventoried unless they were durable.

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Definitions:

Population Growth

The increase in the number of individuals in a population, often expressed as a percentage of the total population.

Auto Production

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Fallacy of Composition

The incorrect belief that what is true for an individual component or member will also be true for the group or whole.

Interstate

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