An Economist Is Interested to See How Consumption for an Economy

question 50

Multiple Choice

An economist is interested to see how consumption for an economy (in $ billions) is influenced by gross domestic product ($ billions) and aggregate price (consumer price index) . Annual data from 30 years were collected. Which of the following would be the most appropriate analysis to perform?

• A) simple linear regression
• B) multiple linear regression
• C) exponential smoothing
• D) autoregressive modeling for trend fitting and forecasting

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