Exhibit 15-1 Below You Are Given the First Five Values of a of a Quarterly

question 45

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 15-1
Below you are given the first five values of a quarterly time series. The multiplicative model is appropriate and a four-quarter moving average will be used.

-Refer to Exhibit 15-1. An estimate of the trend component times the cyclical component (T₂C_t) for Quarter 3 of Year 1, when a four-quarter moving average is used, is

• A)24
• B)25
• C)26
• D)28

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