Suppose You Are an Advisor to the Business Cycle Dating

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Essay

Suppose you are an advisor to the Business Cycle Dating Committee.You are asked to look at macroeconomic data to evaluate whether the economy has entered a recession this year.Which data do you look at? How does the economy behave at the onset of a recession?

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Definitions:

Renovates

The process of improving or updating a building, room, or structure to make it more attractive or functional.

Marginal Social Benefit

The additional gain to society as a whole from producing or consuming one more unit of a good or service.

Marginal Social Cost

The additional cost imposed on society as a whole by producing one more unit of a good or service, including both private costs and externalities.

Public Park

A publicly owned area of land, often green and open, designated for recreational use by the community.