When you purchase 1,000 of stock in Microsoft, your purchase is ...

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When you purchase 1,000 of stock in Microsoft, your purchase is an investment and hence is part of GDP. Is this assertion correct? Explain your answer.
 
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Question 2

In the figure above, the shift in the aggregate demand curve from AD1 to AD2 could be result of
 
  A) an increase in government expenditures on goods and services.
  B) a decrease in the quantity of money.
  C) a rise in the price level.
  D) a fall in the price level.
  E) an increase in taxes.

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Answer to Question 1

The assertion is incorrect. Your purchase of 1,000 of Microsoft stock does not increase GDP because it is the purchase of a financial asset. The investment component of GDP is the purchase of new capital goods. Your purchase of stock is not the purchase of a new capital good and hence, as a purely financial transaction, it is not included in GDP.

Answer to Question 2

A