{"id":211590,"date":"2025-05-04T12:26:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T12:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=211590"},"modified":"2025-05-04T12:26:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T12:26:30","slug":"if-aggregate-planned-expenditure-equals-gdp-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/04\/if-aggregate-planned-expenditure-equals-gdp-2\/","title":{"rendered":"If aggregate planned expenditure equals GDP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If aggregate planned expenditure equals GDP, then<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A) there must be no change in firms’ inventories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B) the change in firms’ inventories must be positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C) the change in firms’ inventories must be equal to the planned change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D) the change in firms’ inventories must be negative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E) actual aggregate expenditure might be greater than, equal to, or less than real GDP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer and explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A) there must be no change in firms’ inventories.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In macroeconomics, the concept of aggregate planned expenditure<\/strong> refers to the total amount of spending planned in the economy at different levels of income or GDP. It includes consumption, investment, government spending, and net exports (exports minus imports). Gross Domestic Product (GDP)<\/strong> represents the total value of all goods and services produced within an economy during a given period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When aggregate planned expenditure equals GDP<\/strong>, it means that the total amount of spending in the economy is exactly matching the total value of output produced. In this situation, there is no discrepancy between what is being produced and what is being spent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, let\u2019s break down the relationship between planned expenditure, actual expenditure, and inventories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. Inventory Adjustment Mechanism<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    • Firms usually adjust their inventories based on the difference between the actual production (GDP) and the actual sales (aggregate expenditure). If sales are greater than production, inventories fall; if sales are less than production, inventories rise.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • When planned expenditure equals GDP<\/strong>, firms are selling exactly as much as they are producing. Hence, there is no unplanned accumulation or depletion of inventories. The inventories are neither increasing nor decreasing, indicating no change<\/strong> in inventories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Interpretation of the Answer Choices<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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        • A) No change in inventories<\/strong>: This is correct because the amount of goods being produced matches the amount being spent, meaning firms’ inventories remain stable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • B) Positive change in inventories<\/strong>: This would occur if planned expenditure were less than GDP, meaning firms were producing more than they were selling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • C) Planned change equal to actual change in inventories<\/strong>: This doesn’t necessarily follow from aggregate expenditure equaling GDP. The planned change refers to projections, which can differ from actual outcomes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • D) Negative change in inventories<\/strong>: This would occur if actual expenditure were greater than GDP, leading to inventory depletion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • E) Actual expenditure might be greater than, equal to, or less than GDP<\/strong>: This is not accurate in this context, as we are specifically focusing on the case where planned expenditure equals GDP.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Therefore, the correct choice is A<\/strong>, where no change<\/strong> in inventories happens when aggregate planned expenditure equals GDP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          If aggregate planned expenditure equals GDP, then A) there must be no change in firms’ inventories. B) the change in firms’ inventories must be positive. C) the change in firms’ inventories must be equal to the planned change. D) the change in firms’ inventories must be negative. E) actual aggregate expenditure might be greater than, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}