Calculate and graph the ratio of (i) real residential investment to real GDP; (ii) real non-residential investment

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Calculate and graph the ratio of (i) real residential investment to real GDP; (ii) real non-residential investment to real GDP; and (iii) real inventory investment to real GDP.

(a) Which of the components of investment shows the most (least) variability, in terms of its contribution to the variability in real GDP?

(b) Provide possible explanations for the patterns you detected in part (a).


Answer this question using the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’s FRED database, accessible at http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/

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Macroeconomics

ISBN: 978-0134472119

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