The distinction between consumption and investment is:
A. somewhat arbitrary, since investment includes housing investment, which does not increase future productive capacity.
B. that only households consume and only businesses invest.
C. that investment always increases future productive capacity, while consumption does not.
D. arbitrary, since the same expenditure may be counted as a consumption item in one year and an investment in another.
Answer: A
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