Real Investment Spending Is ____ Real Personal Consumption

question 97

Multiple Choice

Real investment spending is ____ real personal consumption.

• A) equal to
• B) greater than
• C) stable compared to
• D) highly volatile compared to

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Definitions:

Cleavage

The tendency of a mineral to break along flat, even surfaces as determined by the structure of the mineral’s crystal lattice.

Hogback

Any ridge with a sharp summit and one slope inclined approximately parallel to the dip of layers, resembling in outline the back of a hog.

Fault Zone

A zone of faults and associated fracturing.

Continental Rift

A linear zone where the Earth's crust and lithosphere are being pulled apart and is the site of potential volcanic activity and new oceanic crust formation.