Comovement Between Nominal and Real Variables

question 32

Multiple Choice

Comovement between nominal and real variables

• A) was once a strong regularity in Canadian data, but is no longer.
• B) was not historically a strong regularity in Canada, but now it is.
• C) cannot be explained.
• D) was observed by Friedman and Schwartz after the 2008-2009 recession.
• E) was observed by Friedman Schwartz in the historical Canadian data.

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