LAST WORD Go to the OPEC Web site, www.opec.org, and find the current OPEC basket price of

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LAST WORD Go to the OPEC Web site, www.opec.org, and find the current “OPEC basket price” of oil. By clicking on that amount, you will find the annual prices of oil for the past five years. By what percentage is the current price higher or lower than five years ago? Next, go to the Bureau of Economic Analysis Web site, www.bea.gov, and use the interactive feature to find U.S. real GDP for the past five years. By what percentage is real GDP higher or lower than it was five years ago? What, if anything, can you conclude about the relationship between the price of oil and the level of real GDP in the United States?

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Economics Principles Problems And Policies

ISBN: 9780073511443

19th Edition

Authors: Campbell Mcconnell ,Stanley Brue ,Sean Flynn

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