Investment is defined as the purchase of

Select one:

a.any financial asset only.

b.new capital goods but not additions to inventories.

c.financial assets and inventories only.

d.new capital goods and additions to inventories.

e.additions to inventories only.

Over the past 50 years, the U.S. labor force participation rate has decreased for

i. men.

ii. women.

iii. the over-all labor force.

Select one:

a.ii and iii

b.i and iii

c.ii only

d.i, ii, and iii

e.i only