All of the Following Are True About a Cyclical Pattern

question 34

Multiple Choice

All of the following are true about a cyclical pattern EXCEPT

• A)it is often due to multiyear business cycles.
• B)it is often combined with long-term trend patterns and called trend-cycle patterns.
• C)it usually is easier to forecast than a seasonal pattern due to less variability.
• D)it is an alternating sequence of data points above and below the trend line.

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