Question

Classify the following as Stock and Flow :
(i) Amount of bank deposits as on 31. 03. 2018
(ii) Losses
(iii) Production of cement in the year 2018
(iv) Profit
(v) Population of india as on `31^(st)` March, 2018
(vi) Number of literate people as on 31 . 03. 2018
(vii) Savings
(viii) National income of a country
(ix) Capital
(x) Number of persons employed during December
(xi) Balance in a bank account
(xii) Raw material in a godown as `31^(st)` Jan, 2019
(xiii) Production
(xiv) Wealth
(xv) Gross domestic produt

Answer 1

(i) Stock as they are related to a point of time.
(ii) Flow as losses are measured over a period of time.
(iii) Flow as production is measured over a period of time .
(iv) Flow as profit is related to a point of time,
(v) Stock as population is related to a point of time.
(vi) Stock as it is related to a point of time.
(vii) Flow as savings are related to a period of time.
(viii) Flow as national income is related to a period of time.
(ix) Stock as capital is related to a point of time.
(x) Flow as it is related to a period of time.
(xi) Stock as it is related to a point of time.
(xii) Stock as it is related to a point of time.
(xiii) Flow as production is measured over a period of time.
(xiv) Stock as wealth is related to a point og time.
(xv) Flow as gross domestic product is measured over a period of time.