1. Spending - Included in the U.S. GDP for 2020, or not included ?      If so, under which expenditure category (C, I, G, X etc,?) If not, why not? A.You buy a $20,000 new Toyota made in San Antonio. ____________________ B. Microsoft buys a $20,000 new Toyota made in San Antonio ________________ C. Kendrick Jones, of Alberta, Canada,goes to Toronto Autos to buy a $20,000 new Toyota made in San Antonio_______________

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1. Spending - Included in the U.S. GDP for 2020, or not included ?  

   If so, under which expenditure category (C, I, G, X etc,?) If not, why not?

A.You buy a $20,000 new Toyota made in San Antonio. ____________________

B. Microsoft buys a $20,000 new Toyota made in San Antonio ________________

C. Kendrick Jones, of Alberta, Canada,goes to Toronto Autos to buy a $20,000 new Toyota made in San Antonio_______________

D. You buy $20,000 in General Motors Corporation stock ___________________

E. You pay a lawyer $2,000 to sue your neighbor for building a fence on your land, and lose the suit. ________________________

F, You buy your neighbor’s used fence for $1,000. _________________________

H. You pay Alamo Colleges $1200 tuition for classes you took during 2020    ____________________________

I. The federal government sends Nruce Borton a social security check for $600 during 2020. _______________________________

J. The San Antonio Independent School District pays Ricki Kicker $55,000 for teaching high school in 2020. __________________________

2.  Explain why the Government Spending (G) component of GDP falls short of (is smaller in size than) actual (total) government outlays or expenditures.

3. If

  • Depreciation = $479
  • Gross private domestic Investment (I) = $516
  • Government spending = $924
  • Imports = $447
  • Personal Consumption Expenditures = $2,966
  • Exports = $427

a.  How big is the GDP?

b.  How big is National Income?

 
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Gross domestic product (GDP) is total market value of all finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period.

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