What was GDP for the first quarter of 2022 (in billions of $...no commas)? $ Blank 1. Fill in the blank, read surrounding text.

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What follows is a numeric fill in the blank question with 1 blanks.

What was GDP for the second quarter of 2022 (in billions of $...no commas)? $ Blank 1. Fill in the blank, read surrounding text.

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What follows is a numeric fill in the blank question with 1 blanks.

What was GDP for the third quarter of 2022 (in billions of $...no commas)? $ Blank 1. Fill in the blank, read surrounding text.

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From Quarter 1 to Quarter 2, what did consumption do?

• A. Increase
• B. Decrease

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From Quarter 2 to Quarter 3, what did consumption do?

• A. Increase
• B. Decrease

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From Quarter 1 to Quarter 2, what did investment do?

• A. Increase
• B. Decrease

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From Quarter 2 to Quarter 3, what did investment do?

• A. Increase
• B. Decrease

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From Quarter 1 to Quarter 2, what happened with the government spending component?

• A. Increased
• B. Decreased

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From Quarter 2 to Quarter 3, what happened with the government spending component?

• A. Increased
• B. Decreased

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From Quarter 1 to Quarter 2, what happened with the net exports component?

• A. Increased
• B. Decreased

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From Quarter 2 to Quarter 3, what happened with the net exports component?

• A. Increased
• B. Decreased

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What follows is a numeric fill in the blank question with 1 blanks.For this one, you'll have to calculate thisTo the nearest 0.1, what is the GDP deflator for the 3rd quarter of 2022? Blank 1. Fill in the blank, read surrounding text.

use the 'CPI-U' or 'All Urban Consumers (Current Series)'.

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What follows is a numeric fill in the blank question with 1 blanks.

What was the CPI for October of 2022? Take your answer to three decimal places. Blank 1. Fill in the blank, read surrounding text.

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What follows is a numeric fill in the blank question with 1 blanks.

Using these numbers that you are reporting, find out (by calculating) the overall inflation rate for the month of October. For your answer, take it to the nearest tenth of a percent. For example, if the inflation rate is 2.577%, enter 2.6 Blank 1. Fill in the blank, read surrounding text. %

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What did the Federal Open Market Committee decide to do regarding the Federal Funds rate at its November 1st-2nd, 2022 meeting? FYI: a "basis point" is 1/100....a 25 basis point increase means that the rate went .25% high

• A. Raised it by 75 basis points to 3.75-4%.
• B. Their decision is not among one of the items listed here.
• C. Maintained it at the current rate of 3.5%
• D. Lowered it by 25 basis points to 1-1.25%
• E. Maintained it at the current rate of 0.0-0.25%.
• F. Decreased it by 150 basis points to 0.0-0.25%.
• G. Increased it 25 basis points to 0.25-0.5%.