Classify each of the following items as a final good or an intermediate​ good, and classify the expenditure on each final good as consumption expenditure or​ investment:   Item 1. New aircraft bought by Southwest Airlines Item 2. Jet engines bought by Boeing Item 3. The ringtone you bought today Item 4. A new apartment building    Item 1 is​ _______ and item 2 is​ _______.     A. an intermediate good​; an intermediate good   B. a final good that is investment​; an intermediate good   C. a final good that is investment​; a final good that is consumption expenditure   D.

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Classify each of the following items as a final good or an intermediate​ good, and classify the expenditure on each final good as consumption expenditure or​ investment:  
Item 1. New aircraft bought by Southwest Airlines
Item 2. Jet engines bought by Boeing
Item 3. The ringtone you bought today
Item 4. A new apartment building
  
Item 1 is​ _______ and item 2 is​ _______.
 
 
A.
an intermediate good​;
an intermediate good
 
B.
a final good that is investment​;
an intermediate good
 
C.
a final good that is investment​;
a final good that is consumption expenditure
 
D.
an intermediate good​;
a final good that is consumption expenditure
 
Item 3 is​ _______ and item 4 is​ _______.
 
 
A.
a final good that is consumption expenditure​;
a final good that is investment
 
B.
a final good that is consumption expenditure​;
an intermediate good
 
C.
a final good that is investment​;
a final good that is investment
 
D.
a final good that is investment​;
an intermediate good
 
 

 

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