Question

Which of the following is a criticism of the national income and product accounts?

a) They overstate the “green” impact of economic activity.

b) They do not capture most nonmarket economic activity.

c) They are too cumbersome to use for policymaking.

d) They are poorly correlated with the business cycle.

Answer 1

I believe the correct answer among the choices is:

b) They do not capture most nonmarket economic activity

The National Income and Product Accounts or NIPA is one of the main sources of the data on general economic activity in the United States. The greatest drawback to this is that it is only a prediction, it does not really reflect all the acitivities.