You buy new water skis and other new equipment for $2,500 and take a week off of your job, where you earn $1,000 a week, to go water skiing. The equipment you purchased was all produced in the United States. You think that the week was worth $4,000

As a result of your vacation, GDP changes by how much?


GDP changes by only the $2,500 you spent on the water skis and other equipment.

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