According to Okun's Rule of Thumb, If Trend Growth Is

question 65

Multiple Choice

According to Okun's rule of thumb, if trend growth is 2 percent, and unemployment increases from 6 percent to 8 percent, what would be expected to occur with respect to income?

• A)Income would fall by 4 percent.
• B)Income would rise by 4 percent.
• C)Income would fall by 2 percent.
• D)Income would rise by 2 percent.

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points around their mean value, indicating how much the data points differ from the average.

Standard Deviation

A calculation that quantifies the extent of deviation or spread within a group of data points.

Sample Variance

A measure of how datapoints in a sample are spread out from their sample mean, quantifying the extent of variation within the sample.

Kurtosis

A measure of the "tailedness" of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable; high kurtosis indicates a distribution with heavy tails and a sharp peak, while low kurtosis indicates a flatter distribution.