Question

A company produces 100 cars in the year 2017 but only manages to sell 90 of the cars. In the year 2018 they sell the 10 cars that were not sold in the previous year to consumers. In which spending categories of gdp do we record the 10 cars?

Answer 1

Answer:

The question has below options:

A. The unsold cars count as inventory investment for 2017. 2018 GDP is not affected.

B.The unsold cars count as consumption spending in 2018.

C. The unsold cars count in the inventory investment category for both years and count as consumption spending in 2018.

Option B is the correct answer

Explanation:

The unsold stock of 10 cars in 2017 is classified as investment  since  the cost of producing them is expected to yield returns in 2018 when they have been sold.

However, the unsold stock of 2017 becomes 2018 consumption of GDP since it relates to household expenditure in 2018, as a result it is accorded such classification.

It cannot be classified as government expenditure as the government is not the one purchasing the vehicle

Also, the ten cars have nothing to do with import or export as they are trade within the domestic economy