With Respect to Consumption, Investment, Government Purchases and Net Exports

Multiple Choice

With respect to consumption, investment, government purchases and net exports, the national- income and product accounts measure

A) actual expenditures in each of the categories.
B) desired expenditures in each of the categories.
C) the flow of saving at any income.
D) neither actual nor desired expenditures.
E) both actual and desired expenditures, since actual expenditure must equal desired expenditure in each category.