The Tendency of Many Different Economic Variables to Have Regular

question 8

Multiple Choice

The tendency of many different economic variables to have regular and predictable patterns across industries over the business cycle is called

• A)persistence.
• B)comovement.
• C)periodicity.
• D)recurrence.

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