If an Unintended Increase in Business Inventories Occurs at Some

question 103

Multiple Choice

If an unintended increase in business inventories occurs at some level of GDP, then GDP

• A) entails a rate of aggregate expenditures in excess of the rate of aggregate production.
• B) may be either above or below the equilibrium output.
• C) is too low for equilibrium.
• D) is too high for equilibrium.

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