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question

Why is it that interest payments on government bonds are not included as income currently earned, particularly, when interest on the bonds of private firms is included in na-tional income as earned income?

category

economics

options

  1. Interest on government bonds is classified as a loan repayment rather than income
  2. Interest on government bonds is reinvested and not paid out
  3. Interest on government bonds is tax-free
  4. Interest payments are deferred to the maturity of the bonds
  5. Interest paid on such debt does not reflect the generation of any current output or income
  6. Government bonds are typically held by foreign investors, and their interest is not counted in domestic income
  7. The interest on government bonds is counted as part of the budget deficit, not national income
  8. Interest on government bonds is considered a transfer payment within the public sector
  9. Government bonds are not considered as income
  10. Government bonds are not part of the national income

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stemez-Economics

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