Between the Second Quarter of 2006 and the First Quarter

question 172

Multiple Choice

Between the second quarter of 2006 and the first quarter of 2009, the value of housing wealth

• A) increased by about $500 billion per quarter.
• B) increased by about $13 trillion per quarter.
• C) decreased by about $600 billion per quarter.
• D) decreased by about $7 trillion per quarter.

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