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Multiple Choice

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Table 2.1: U.S. 2011-2012 Expenditures ($ billions)
$$\begin{array} { l | c c } \hline & 2011 & 2012 \\\hline \text { Personal consumption expenditures } & 10,729 & 11,120 \\\text { Goods } & 3,625 & 3,783 \\\text { Services } & 7,104 & 7,337 \\\text { Gross private domestic investment } & 1,855 & 2,062 \\\text { Fixed investment } & 1,818 & 2,004 \\\text { Change in private inventories } & 37 & 58 \\\text { Net exports of goods and services } & - 568 & - 560 \\\text { Exports } & 2,094 & 2,184 \\\text { Imports } & 2,662 & 2,744 \\\text { Government expenditures } & 3,060 & 3,063 \\\text { Federal } & 1,222 & 1,214 \\\text { State and local } & 1,838 & 1,849 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Consider Table 2.1, which tabulates GDP for 2011-2012. The federal government's share of total GDP in 2011 was about:

A) 19.5 percent
B) 7.7 percent
C) 12.2 percent
D) 20.3 percent
E) 8.1 percent