BMC Bloomberg ANSWERS

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9 Pages. Includes all section quizzes

The primacy of GDP

Section Quiz

Here is a chart showing both nominal GDP growth and real GDP growth for a country. Which of the following can be a true statement at the time the chart was captured?

Which of the following lines is best leading economic factor

The misery index is often cited in the media as a way to measure consumer pain. It is defined as the inflation rate plus the unemployment rate. Review and identify the country with the highest misery index

What typically happens to nonfarm payrolls, the PMI indicator, and housing starts at the onset of a recession in the United States

Monitoring GDP

Section Quiz 2

Which of the following qualities of economic indicators do investors prize the most?

Why is the release of GDP statistics less interesting to investors than the release of other economic indicators?

Which of the following important U.S economic indicators is only available on a quarterly basis?

Which economic indicator is most directly linked to unemployment?

Section Quiz

These charts show data for four countries as of early 2016. For each country the purple line denotes historic real GDP growth. The white line denotes the consensus estimated real GDP growth. The red line denotes the most pessimistic analyst forecast. The green denotes the most optimistic analyst forecast. For which counrty is there the most controversy among the analyst community about 2016 growth?

What is the main reason that investment banks create estimates of economic indicators?

Which of the following is the biggest pitfall of economic indicators?

Here is a chart displaying estimates of the initial jobless claims indicator, on of the main unemployment statistics in the U.S. it measures the number of new applications for enemployment benefits. What was the level of the analyst with the most optimistic outlook

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