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Intermediary goods are not considered final goods. Only final goods can be included. Lets look at an example: Lets say A.B Star makes paper, which Halmart Cards uses to make greeting cards, the paper is called an intermediary good, and the card is called a final good. GDP only includes the value of the final good. the reason is that the value of intermediary goods is already included in the price of the final good. Thus, if the intermediary good was included than the measure would be doubled. But their is an exception. Intermediary goods can be included in the GDP only if they are put away as inventory for a while. Looking back at the greeting card example, if A.B Star put some of his paper away because he had a surplus of paper that paper would be included in the GDP until it was sent to Halmart Cards to be turned into a final good. Cheers!

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Q: Why do you not include intermediary goods when measuring GDP?
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