Convergence Between Real GDP Per Person in Canada and Japan

question 55

Multiple Choice

Convergence between real GDP per person in Canada and Japan was relatively ________ during the 1960s; convergence has recently been ________.

• A)slow; increasing
• B)rapid; decreasing
• C)rapid; increasing at an even faster rate
• D)slow; decreasing
• E)rapidly; continuing at the 1960s pace

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