The four major expenditure categories of gross domestic product (gdp) are consumption, imports, exports, and government purchases a. b. consumption, government purchases, taxes, and investment. c. consumption, investment, government purchases, and net exports. d. consumption, investment, government purchases, and stocks. e. consumption, investment, taxes, and net exports.

Which of the statements best describes why the aggregate demand curve is downward sloping? an increase in the aggregate price level causes consumer and investment spending to fall, because consumer purchasing power decreases and money demand increases. as the aggregate price level increases, consumer expectations about the future change. as the aggregate price level decreases, the stock of existing physical capital increases. as a good's price increases, holding all else constant, the good's quantity demanded decreases.