Purchases of inventories by A) households and Firms are also counted in investment spending. B) foreign consumers are counter in investment spending. C) firms are also counted in investment spending. D) firms are not counted in investment spending. E) households are also counted in investment spending

The answer is C.

Explanation:

Gross Domestic Product is the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a country during a given period of time. It is usually a year.

In calculating, GDP, we have expenditure approach, income approach and value-added approach.

In this question, the expenditure approach will be used to explain the answer to this question.

To calculate GDP using expenditure approach, the formula is:

C + I + G + (X-M)

where C is the consumers' spending

I is the investment spending

G is government spending

X is the exports

M is the imports.

The correct answer is C. firms purchases of inventories is part of investment spending. Firms can purchase raw materials (inventory) and process it into finished goods (inventory). The change in inventory (difference between the closing inventory and opening inventory) is part of the calculation of investment spending.

Households buying inventories (finished goods) is part of consumers' spending and not investment spending.