Identify Which of the Following Goods Are Part of the Current

question 86

Essay

Identify which of the following goods are part of the current year's U.S. GDP and which are considered current year's U.S. GNP; explain. (Note: Ford is a company owned by U.S. citizens and Toyota is a company owned by Japanese citizens.)
(a) a Ford produced in Mexico
(b) a Toyota produced in California
(c) a meal you make for a dinner party
(d) an American-made vintage T-shirt from Led Zeppelin's 1971 North American tour you bought online last week

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Definitions:

Unrecorded Patents

Patents that an organization owns which have not been recorded in its financial statements.

Dividends

Payments made by a corporation to its shareholder members, usually derived from profits.

Outstanding Voting Common Stock

The shares of a company held by shareholders that are entitled to vote and are not held by the company itself.

Amortization

The process of gradually writing off the initial cost of an asset over a period, typically for intangible assets.