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Strayer,Devery,Harvard University
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Use the data in the Table to answer the questions asked in 4a and 4b on each of the 3 variables
for the US economy:
a. Calculate the changes in inflation rates, unemployment rates and the RGDP growth rates for
the years from Year 2007 through 2014 and show them in a new column next to each of the
values of the three variables (a template of the table is given below). 5 pts
Year
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014 Real
GDP
14,613.8
14,873.7
14,830.4
14,418.7
14,783.8
15,020.6
15,369.2
15,710.3
16,089.8 RGDP growth
rate in %
?
?
?
?
?
?
? Unemploym
ent Rate
4.6%
4.6%
5.8%
9.3%
9.6%
8.9%
8.1%
7.4%
6.2 Change in
U rate in %
?
?
?
?
?
?
? CPI
Indices
201.6
207.3
215.3
214.53
218.05
224.93
229.59
232.96
236.74 Inflation
rate in %
?
?
?
?
?
?
? Source: for CPI and U-Rate date: www.bls.gov
For RGDP data: www.bea.gov
b. Based on those calculations, briefly describe the overall economic performance over the last 8
years (2007-2014) and critically predict about these three macroeconomic variables for 2015-16.
5 pts
Hint: While predicting the trend for 2015-16 (based on the growth rates and trend you estimated
in the table above), it is imperative to observe the most recent data on these three variables.
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