Calculate GDP using the expenditure approach (Amount in billions of dollars): Corporate profits: $ 305 Depreciation:  $ 479 Gross private domestic investment: $716 Personal taxes: $ 565 Personal saving: $120 Government spending: 924 Imports: $ 547 Exports: $ 427 Personal consumption expenditures: $ 2,966 Indirect business taxes: $ 370 Contributions for Social Security (FICA): $ 394 Transfer payments and other income: $ 967

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 Suppose the data BELOW is for a given year from the annual Economic Report of the President. Calculate GDP using the expenditure approach (Amount in billions of dollars):

Corporate profits: $ 305
Depreciation:  $ 479
Gross private domestic investment: $716
Personal taxes: $ 565
Personal saving: $120
Government spending: 924
Imports: $ 547
Exports: $ 427
Personal consumption expenditures: $ 2,966
Indirect business taxes: $ 370
Contributions for Social Security (FICA): $ 394
Transfer payments and other income: $ 967

 

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