The local government issues bonds to pay for road repair projects. If josue buys some of these bonds, purchase would be included in gdp as

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The local government issues bonds to pay for road repair projects. If josue buys some of these bonds, purchase would be included in gdp as

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The bonds issued by the local government would be fresh bonds and not traded in the market. Therefore such bonds would be a part of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

There are four components of GDP (from the expenditure aspect)

  • Consumption expenditure
  • Investment expenditure
  • Government spendings
  • Net exports

 

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