Table 53
National Income Accounts (Dollar Figures Are in Billions) on

question 100

Multiple Choice

$\begin{array}{|l|r|}\hline \text { Expenditures for consumer goods and services } & \$ 8,200 \\\hline \text { Exports } & \$ 1,700 \\\hline \text { Government purchases of goods and services } & \$ 2,500 \\\hline \text { Social Security taxes } & \$ 1,900 \\\hline \text { Net investment } & \$ 1,400 \\\hline \text { Indirect business taxes } & \$ 1,400 \\\hline \text { Imports } & \$ 1,900 \\\hline \text { Gross investment } & \$ 1,800 \\\hline \text { Corporate income taxes } & \$ 600 \\\hline \text { Personal income taxes } & \$ 1,500 \\\hline \text { Corporate retained earnings } & \$ 130 \\\hline \text { Net foreign factor income } & \$ 100 \\\hline \text { Government transfer payments to households } & \$ 1,600 \\\hline \text { Net interest payments to households } & \$ 500 \\\hline\end{array}$

Table 5.3
National Income Accounts (dollar figures are in billions) On the basis of Table 5.3,the value of the income aggregate that is defined as "after-tax income of consumers" (also known as disposable income) is

• A)$8,570 billion.
• B)$10,070 billion.
• C)$11,570 billion.
• D)$10,600 billion.

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Definitions:

Capital Budgeting

The process of evaluating and selecting long-term investments that are in line with the goal of maximization of shareholder wealth.

Capital Markets

Financial markets for buying and selling equity and debt instruments, which channel savings and investment between suppliers of capital and users of capital.

Large Sums

Large sums typically refer to a significantly high amount of money in various financial contexts, including investments, transactions, or savings.

Mutually Exclusive Projects

In capital budgeting, projects that automatically exclude one another. Projects are mutually exclusive either because they’re different approaches to doing the same thing or because limited resources preclude doing more than one.