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Purchases of houses by households are classified as investment rather than consumption.
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Is it true that purchases of houses by households are classified as investment rather than consumption?
Yes. In national income accounting and GDP calculations, household purchases of new housing are classified as investment rather than consumption.
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Wikipedia: Gross domestic product. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_domestic_product
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Defines investment as purchases of final goods by firms plus purchases of newly produced residences.
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B, T. J. (2007). Houghton Mifflin Custom Pub.: Principles of macroeconomics : with study guide. Houghton Mifflin Custom Pub.. https://archive.org/details/principlesofmacr0000tayl_5th_edition
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