In the context of national income accounting, consider the following statements with reference to the inventory of a firm:
1. It includes the stock of unsold finished goods but not the raw materials which a firm may carry from one year to the next.
2. The rise in the value of inventories of a firm over a year is treated as investment expenditure undertaken by the firm.
3. A change in the inventory of a firm is treated as an investment.
Which of the statements given above is/are incorrect?
1
1 only
2
1 and 2 only
3
2 and 3 only
4
3 only