Intermediate goods are excluded from national income to avoid the problem of:
Ataxation
Bdouble counting
Cdepreciation
Dinflation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. double counting
Counting intermediate goods would inflate output — double counting
so only final goods count.
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