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1. What does the "I" in CPI stand for?
Investment Inflation Index Imports
2. What do the letters GDP mean to an economist?
Gross Dollar Production Gradually Declining Profit Gross Domestic Product Great Day for Party
3. By how much has his cost of living index increased from period one to period two?
16.67% 20% 27% 75% over 100%
4. The unemployment rate and many other economic series are seasonally adjusted. Seasonal adjustment means that:
the predictable, seasonal movements are taken out. the series are updated and revised periodically during the year. the series often have considerable erratic movement in them, and one must look at several months of the data to get a clear picture of what they say. there are time lags involved in collecting and calculating the numbers used in the series.
Answer the next three questions using these data from Mythical County, somewhere in the United States.
Under 16 years old 800 In jail 50 In nursing homes 150 Retired (living at home) 200 Full-time housewives 200 Full-time students over 16 years old 400 Employed full time 700 Employed part time 300 Without work and searching for a job 200 Population 3000
Under 16 years old
800
In jail
50
In nursing homes
150
Retired (living at home)
200
Full-time housewives
Full-time students over 16 years old
400
Employed full time
700
Employed part time
300
Without work and searching for a job
Population
3000
(No one is counted twice in the above table, so the numbers sum to the population.)
5. The labor force for this county is:
2200. 2000. 1400. 1200. 1000.
6. The Department of Labor would include how many in the category "Not in the Labor Force"?
2000 1400 1200 1000 800
7. The unemployment rate in this county is:
6.7%. 10%. 16.7%. 20%. 25%.
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