The calculation of a country's GDP encompasses all private and public consumption, government outlays, investments, additions to private inventories, paid-in construction costs, and the foreign balance of trade. (Exports are added to the value and imports are subtracted). Explain how each of the following items are treated in the computation of GDP for 2020. Interest on treasury issued by the Bank of Ghana Social security payments paid to retired employees in Ghana You assisted your parents to weed your family backyard The property income received by a hauler The money received by Martha when she sold her mother’s old blender The monthly allowance a student receives from scholarship secretariat The money received by Matthew Amoako when he bought Afia’s laptop The value of working in progress is $2 billion Asamoah withdraw GHC 5m from his bank accounts to purchase of 1000 shares of GCB Bank stock To protect his employees from the risk of contracting the COVID 19, the president of AIT purchased insurance policy for his employees A monthly scholarship check received by AIT students The purchase of a lift by AIT The cashing in of a savings bond The services of a mechanic in fixing the radiator in his own car LEAPS cheques received by an aged person in Ghana Government of Ghana purchase of ammunitions
The calculation of a country's GDP encompasses all private and public consumption, government outlays, investments, additions to private inventories, paid-in construction costs, and the foreign balance of trade. (Exports are added to the value and imports are subtracted). Explain how each of the following items are treated in the computation of GDP for 2020. Interest on treasury issued by the Bank of Ghana Social security payments paid to retired employees in Ghana You assisted your parents to weed your family backyard The property income received by a hauler The money received by Martha when she sold her mother’s old blender The monthly allowance a student receives from scholarship secretariat The money received by Matthew Amoako when he bought Afia’s laptop The value of working in progress is $2 billion Asamoah withdraw GHC 5m from his bank accounts to purchase of 1000 shares of GCB Bank stock To protect his employees from the risk of contracting the COVID 19, the president of AIT purchased insurance policy for his employees A monthly scholarship check received by AIT students The purchase of a lift by AIT The cashing in of a savings bond The services of a mechanic in fixing the radiator in his own car LEAPS cheques received by an aged person in Ghana Government of Ghana purchase of ammunitions
Chapter19: Measuring Economic Performance
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The calculation of a country's
- Interest on treasury issued by the Bank of Ghana
- Social security payments paid to retired employees in Ghana
- You assisted your parents to weed your family backyard
- The property income received by a hauler
- The money received by Martha when she sold her mother’s old blender
- The monthly allowance a student receives from scholarship secretariat
- The money received by Matthew Amoako when he bought Afia’s laptop
- The value of working in progress is $2 billion
- Asamoah withdraw GHC 5m from his bank accounts to purchase of
1000 shares of GCB Bank stock
- To protect his employees from the risk of contracting the COVID 19, the president of AIT purchased insurance policy for his employees
- A monthly scholarship check received by AIT students
- The purchase of a lift by AIT
- The cashing in of a savings bond
- The services of a mechanic in fixing the radiator in his own car
- LEAPS cheques received by an aged person in Ghana
- Government of Ghana purchase of ammunitions
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