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If your grandparents buy a newly built retirement home, this transaction would affect ?

Correct answer: A. investment

  • A. investment
  • B. net exports
  • C. government purchases
  • D. consumption
  • E. none of these answers

Explanation

A newly built home is a newly produced capital asset, so its purchase is recorded as residential investment. Buying an existing home would mainly transfer ownership and would not represent current production.

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