When You Add a Trendline to a Chart, You Can

question 73

True/False

When you add a trendline to a chart, you can set the number of periods to forecast forward or backward in time.

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Positive Economics

An approach to economics that seeks to understand behavior and the operation of systems without making judgments. It describes what exists and how it works.

Normative Economics

An approach to economics that analyzes outcomes of economic behavior, evaluates them as good or bad, and may prescribe courses of action. Also called policy economics.

Inflation

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