We know that there are 4 main sectors of economy
- Household
- Firm
- Government
- External Sector
All these sectors incur various types of expenditure
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Household
They incur Expenditure on Purchasing different goods and services for use. Example Food, Clothing, Car etc
This is called Private Final Consumption Expenditure
However, if expenditure is incurred on Purchasing house, it is called Gross Residential Construction Expenditure
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Firm
They incur expenses on
Purchasing different fixed assets-
Example-Machinery, Building etc
This is called Gross Business Fixed Investment
Purchasing goods for Sale
In this case, we calculate difference in Stock (Closing Stock-Opening Stock)
This is called Inventory Investment
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Government
It incurs 2 types of expenditure
Expenditure on Administrative Services
Example Salary of different govt employees working in govt departments, police et
This is called Government Final Consumption Expenditure
Expenditure on Infrastructure
Example-Expenditure on construction of flyover, bridges etc
This is called Gross Public Investment
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External Sector
We know that
It is portion of country's economy which interacts with economies of other countries
Example
Sale of Goods to Other countries (Export)
Purchase of goods from other countries (Import)
In this case, we calculate Net Exports (Export -Import)
What is Gross Domestic Capital Formation
It is the sum total of
Gross Residential Construction Expenditure
Gross Business Fixed Investment
Inventory Investment
Gross Public investment
It is also called Gross Investment
As per above table, we can say that
There are 4 main types of Expenditure
- Private Final Consumption Expenditure
- Gross Domestic Capital Formation
- Government Final Consumption Expenditure
- Exports-Imports
All these are called Components of Final Expenditure