Suppose that the annual rates of growth of real GDP of Econoland over a five-year period were

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Suppose that the annual rates of growth of real GDP of Econoland over a five-year period were sequentially as follows: 3 percent, 1 percent, −2 percent, 4 percent, and 5 percent. What was the average of these growth rates in Econoland over these 5 years? What term would economists use to describe what happened in year 3? If the growth rate in year 3 had been a positive 2 percent rather than a negative 2 percent, what would have been the average growth rate?

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Macroeconomics

ISBN: 9780077337728

19th Edition

Authors: Campbell Mcconnell, Stanley Brue, Sean Flynn, Flynn Mcconnell Brue

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