Q.NNP at Factor Cost is officially known as:
(b) National Income is correct. NNP at Factor Cost is derived by starting from GNP, deducting depreciation to reach NNP, and then deducting net indirect taxes to convert from market price to factor cost — leaving a figure that represents exactly what a country's factors of production actually earned, net of capital wear and government tax/subsidy effects. This specific figure — NNP at Factor Cost — is what is officially designated National Income.
(a) is incorrect — Gross National Product (GNP) is a broader, gross measure that has neither depreciation nor the market-price-to-factor-cost adjustment applied; it is always larger than (or equal to) NNP at Factor Cost.
(c) is incorrect — Personal Income is derived from National Income by further adjusting for corporate tax, undistributed profits, social security contributions, and transfer payments; it is a distinct, later step, not National Income itself.
(d) is incorrect — Disposable Income is derived even further, from Personal Income, after deducting the household's own direct taxes; it is the income households actually have left to spend or save, not the economy-wide National Income figure.
(b) National Income
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