Historical Data on India's Rainfall Amounts and Real GDP Growth

question 187

Multiple Choice

Historical data on India's rainfall amounts and real GDP growth show that:

• A) economic fluctuations are negatively correlated with real shocks.
• B) economic fluctuations are positively correlated with real shocks.
• C) economic fluctuations have no correlation with any shocks.
• D) real shocks affect only long-term economic growth,but not short-run economic fluctuations.

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