The cost that would be counted in the investment component of this year's GDP is: D. The market value of new factories built this year.
What is GDP?
GDP is an abbreviation for Gross Domestic Products and it can be defined as a measure of the total market value of all finished products (goods), assets and services that are manufactured within a country during a specific period of time.
In this context, the market value of all new factories that were built this year would be counted by a business orgainization in the investment component of this year's GDP.
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