As an economist with the World Bank you have been asked to measure the Gross Domestic Product for the US for 2019. You are told that the private consumption, gross domestic investment, government purchases and exports all add up to $ 24 trillion.  You later learn that imports to the US in 2019 were $4 trillion. To get GDP, you should     A. Ignore the $ 4 trillion because exports have already been included in the $ 24 trillion   B. Add $ 4 trillion to $24 trillion because imports are used as inputs in the production of other goods in the US         C. None of the above     D. Subtract $4 trillion from $24 trillion because imports are not part of US domestic output

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As an economist with the World Bank you have been asked to measure the Gross Domestic Product for the US for 2019. You are told that the private consumption, gross domestic investment, government purchases and exports all add up to $ 24 trillion.  You later learn that imports to the US in 2019 were $4 trillion. To get GDP, you should

 

  A.

Ignore the $ 4 trillion because exports have already been included in the $ 24 trillion

  B.

Add $ 4 trillion to $24 trillion because imports are used as inputs in the production of other goods in the US

 

 

 

  C.

None of the above

 

  D.

Subtract $4 trillion from $24 trillion because imports are not part of US domestic output

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