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Beth, an American citizen, travels to Italy on vacation and buys an espresso machine to bring home. Her purchase increases:_____

a. Italy's GDP
b. Italy's GDP and U.S. GDP, since Beth spent dollars buying the machine.
c. U.S. GDP since she will have the machine with her at home in the U.S.
d. Neither U.S. nor Italy's GDP, since the product was bought in one country and used in another.

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Answer:

Italy's GDP

Step-by-step explanation:

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is defined as the market value of all final goods and services produced in a country during a period of time e.g one year. It help analyze the quality of life - living standards and measure economic growth. Traveling to another country and purchasing thetheirur product or product there is increasing that country's GDP.

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