Chocolate Express, a Swiss chocolate company, produces a chocolate bar at a plant in Illinois on December 5, 2019. An elementary school student buys the chocolate bar on December 24, 2019. Graincorp, a U.S. agricultural company, produces corn syrup at a plant in Iowa on September 13, 2019. It sells the corn syrup to Crunchy's for use in the production of cereal that will be made in the United States in 2019. (Note: Focus exclusively on whether production of the corn syrup increases GDP directly and ignore the effect of production of the cereal on GDP.) Roadway Motors, a U.S. automobile company, produces a convertible at a plant in Germany on March 17, 2019. Roadway Motors imports the convertible into the United States on May 21, 2019. You chop down a cherry tree on your property in California and make a dining room table in 2019. This table does not pass through an organized market, but a similar table sells for $800 in a local furniture store. Awake Cafe, a U.S. coffee company, produces a latte at its location in Minneapolis on January 9, 2019. It sells the latte to a customer immediately.

Chocolate Express, a Swiss chocolate company, produces a chocolate bar at a plant in Illinois on December 5, 2019. An elementary school student buys the chocolate bar on December 24, 2019. Graincorp, a U.S. agricultural company, produces corn syrup at a plant in Iowa on September 13, 2019. It sells the corn syrup to Crunchy's for use in the production of cereal that will be made in the United States in 2019. (Note: Focus exclusively on whether production of the corn syrup increases GDP directly and ignore the effect of production of the cereal on GDP.) Roadway Motors, a U.S. automobile company, produces a convertible at a plant in Germany on March 17, 2019. Roadway Motors imports the convertible into the United States on May 21, 2019. You chop down a cherry tree on your property in California and make a dining room table in 2019. This table does not pass through an organized market, but a similar table sells for $800 in a local furniture store. Awake Cafe, a U.S. coffee company, produces a latte at its location in Minneapolis on January 9, 2019. It sells the latte to a customer immediately.

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Chapter1: Making Economics Decisions

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