1) Suppose that the annual rates of growth of real GDP of Schnurland over a five-year period were sequentially as follows: 4 percent, -3 percent, 2 percent, 3 percent, and 6 percent.

A) What was the average of these growth rates in Schnurland over these 5 years (to one decimal place)?

B) What term would economists use to describe what happened in year 2?