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Components of GDP

Everything bought in an economy sorted by who bought it: consumption by households (C), investment by firms in capital and inventories (I), government purchases (G), and net exports, which is exports minus imports (NX). .

Also called: expenditure approach, C + I + G + NX, net exports

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