The Statistical Discrepancy That Regularly Arises in National Income Accounting

question 110

Multiple Choice

The statistical discrepancy that regularly arises in national income accounting refers to the slight difference between

• A)personal income and personal disposable income.
• B)estimates of GDP and actual GDP.
• C)the income and expenditure approaches to the calculation of GDP.
• D)the quarterly and annual approaches to the calculation of GDP.

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Definitions:

Fair Value

The price that would be received for selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

Bonds Payable

Long-term liabilities representing amounts owed by an entity to bondholders, to be repaid at specified maturity dates with interest.

Net Book Value

The net book value is the value at which an asset is carried on a balance sheet, calculated as the original cost minus accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.

Carrying Value

The net amount at which an asset or liability is reported in the financial statements, factoring in its original cost and any related depreciation, amortization, or impairment costs.