If a country operates on its production possibility curve (PPC) and decides to allocate more resources to the production of consumer goods instead of capital goods, what is the opportunity cost of this decision?

When a country operates on its production possibility curve (PPC), it shows the maximum amount of goods it can produce with its available resources. If the country decides to allocate more resources to consumer goods, like food and clothing, instead of capital goods, such as machinery and tools, it is making a trade-off. The opportunity cost of this decision is the amount of capital goods that are not produced as a result. For example, if the country shifts resources and produces 100 more units of consumer goods, it might lose the ability to produce 50 units of capital goods. Therefore, the opportunity cost is the lost capital goods that could have helped the economy grow in the future.