If Inventory Investment During a Year Was Minus $6 Billion

question 48

Multiple Choice

If inventory investment during a year was minus $6 billion, producers must have

• A) produced only $6 billion of new capital assets during the year.
• B) sold $6 billion more goods and services during the year than they produced.
• C) added goods valued at $6 billion to their stock of unsold goods and raw materials.
• D) produced new capital assets that exceeded the depreciation allowance by $6 billion.

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Definitions:

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that mediates between the demands of the id, superego, and reality, playing a key role in decision making and maintaining one's sense of self.

Reality Principle

A psychoanalytic concept that represents the ability of the mind to assess the external world and act upon it accordingly, often in contrast with the pleasure principle.

Unconscious

Refers to the part of the mind that is inaccessible to the conscious mind but affects thoughts and behaviors.

Collective Unconscious

Concept in psychology, proposed by Carl Jung, referring to the part of the unconscious mind that is derived from ancestral memory and experience and is common to all humankind.