Forecasting the Future Path of Real GDP by Exploiting Past

question 49

Multiple Choice

Forecasting the future path of real GDP by exploiting past statistical relationships

• A) is never very reliable.
• B) can be accomplished by the construction and use of an index of leading variables.
• C) can be accomplished by the construction and use of an index of lagging variables.
• D) can be accomplished by the construction and use of an index of coincident variables.
• E) can only be accomplished if there is a perfectly positive correlation.

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