Answer the Question on the Basis of the Following Data

question 148

Multiple Choice

Answer the question on the basis of the following data.All figures are in billions of dollars. $\begin{array}{llcc} \text {Personal Taxes } &\$40 \\ \text { Social Security Contributions} &15\\ \text {Taxes on Production and Imports } &20\\ \text {Corporate Income Taxes } &40\\ \text { Transfer Payments } &22\\ \text { U.S. Exports } &24\\ \text {Undistributed Corporate Profits } &35 \\ \text {Government Purchases } &90\\ \text { Gross Private Domestic Investment } &75\\ \text { U.S. Imports } &22\\ \text {Personal Consumption Expenditures } &250\\ \text {Consumption of Fixed Capital } &25\\ \text { Net Foreign Factor Income } &10\\ \text {Statistical Discrepancy } &0\\\end{array}$
Refer to the data.DI is:

• A) $284.
• B) $329.
• C) $274.
• D) $402.

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