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The following graph approximates business cycles in the United States from the first quarter of 1947 to the third quarter of 1951. The vertical blue bar coincides with periods of 6 or more months of declining real gross domestic product (real GDP).
1947194819491950195121702070197018701770REAL GDP (Billions of dollars)YEAR
Source: “Current-dollar and Real GDP,” Bureau of Economics Analysis, last modified May 1, 13, accessed May 15, 13, http://www.bea.gov/national/xls/gdplev.xls.
Notice that real GDP trends upward over time but experiences ups and downs in the short run. A period of declining real GDP, such as the blue-shaded period in 1948, is known as .
True or False: Small ups and downs in real GDP follow a consistent, predictable pattern.
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False
Which of the following probably occurred as the U.S. economy experienced increasing real GDP in 1950? Check all that apply.
Industrial production declined.
Consumer spending increased.
Retail sales increased.
The unemployment rate declined.
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