The four components of planned aggregate expenditure are:

A. consumption, planned investment, government transfers, and net interest.
B. consumption, planned investment, government purchases, and net exports.
C. spending on durable goods, inventory investment, government debt, and net exports.
D. spending on domestic goods, domestic services, foreign goods, and foreign services.


Answer: B

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