Changes in Business Inventories

question 32

Multiple Choice

Changes in business inventories

• A)are included in gross but not in net investment.
• B)can either be positive or negative.
• C)are not included in GDP because they are not sold to anyone.
• D)are only partly included in GDP because part of these are holdings of intermediate goods.

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