GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, EXPENDITURES: A method of estimating gross domestic product (GDP) based on identifying the aggregate expenditures (consumption, investment, government purchases, and net exports) made by the four basic macroeconomic sectors (household, business, government, and foreign). This is one of two methods used by the Bureau of Economic Analysis in the National Income and Product Accounts to estimate gross domestic product. See also | gross domestic product | gross domestic product, income | Bureau of Economic Analysis | consumption expenditures | investment expenditures | government purchases | net exports | household sector | business sector | government sector | foreign sector |
