Below You Are Given the First Five Values of a Quarterly

question 12

Multiple Choice

Below you are given the first five values of a quarterly time series. The multiplicative model is appropriate and a four-quarter moving average will be used. ​ An estimate of the combined trend-cycle component (T₂Ct) for Quarter 3 of Year 1 (used for estimating the de-trended values) , when a four-quarter moving average is used, is

• A) 24.
• B) 25.
• C) 26.
• D) 28.

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