In Calculating the GDP, National Income Accountants

question 135

Multiple Choice

In calculating the GDP, national income accountants

• A) treat inventory changes as an adjustment to personal consumption expenditures.
• B) ignore inventories because they do not represent final goods.
• C) subtract increases in inventories or add decreases in inventories.
• D) add increases in inventories or subtract decreases in inventories.

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