During the Third Quarter of This Year a Firm Produces

question 23

Multiple Choice

During the third quarter of this year a firm produces consumer goods and adds some of those goods to its inventory. During the fourth quarter of this year, the firm sells the goods at a retail outlet, with the result that the value of its inventory at the end of the fourth quarter is smaller than the value of its inventory at the end of the third quarter. These actions affect which components) of fourth-quarter GDP?

• A) they increase consumption and have no effect on investment
• B) they increase consumption and decrease investment
• C) they have no effect on either consumption or investment
• D) they have no effect on consumption and decrease investment

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Definitions:

Reversing Entry

An accounting entry that is made at the beginning of an accounting period to reverse or cancel out a journal entry made at the end of the previous accounting period.

Interest Accrued

Interest that has been incurred but not yet paid, representing a liability on the balance sheet until it is paid.

Accrued Interest

The interest that has accumulated on a bond or loan but has not yet been paid out to the lender or bondholder.