The Figure Above Shows Governments in the Circular Flow

question 54

Multiple Choice

The figure above shows governments in the circular flow.
-In the figure above,governments

• A) collect taxes.
• B) coordinate economic activities of households and firms.
• C) hire factors of production.
• D) own factors of production.
• E) sell goods and services to household.

Understand the concept of a time series and identify its four components: long-term trend, cyclical variation, seasonal variation, and random variation.

Apply exponential smoothing techniques to forecast future values of a time series.

Identify the effects of different smoothing constants on time series forecasts and the speed of reaction to changes in data trends.

Conduct a moving average analysis to smooth time series data and identify patterns.

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