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How accurately do GDP statistics portray the economy and why? - Just because they are official and numerical does not mean they are accurate. The term "domestic" in GDP unambiguously links to a nation state. Why is economic data helpful in the investment process? - If an economy is doing well then certain companies will sell more of their product as household budgets also increase. What 5 data inputs matters most to investors? - Economic growth, inflation, unemployment, business confiden...

How might you tell how the currency of a country is doing - Look at a graph of its currency against the US dollar and then look at its inflation and the correlation. If net exports are positive, what happens to the currency? - If net exports is positive, the country has a trade surplus and it will drive demand for the home currency because if countries are importing from them, they have to use their currency.

Which of the following qualities of economic indicators do investors prize the most? - timeliness of release Why is the release of GDP statistics less interesting to investors than the release of other economic indicators? - because GPD statistics are released well after other economic indicators Which of the following important US economic indicators is only available on a quarterly basis? - GDP

Corporate bond issuers go bankrupt more frequently than governments, as they do not have a tax base to fall back on in hard times - Why did the corporate spread significantly widen during the 2008 market crash? what does it mean when a company's corporate spread tightens? - the company's bonds are outperforming the benchmark yield what are the three main transmission mechanisms by which the yield curve affects the economy? - corporate impact, global impact, consumer impact

In 2015, an accounting gimmick gave Ireland a 26% growth rate in GDP. What does this event reflect about the nature of GDP? - If the measurement of economic activity evolves, GDP can change. 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? - The country has inflation. The top line is nominal growth and the bottom line is real growth

Inaccurately because the scope of GDP measurements can change. - How accurately do GDP portray the economy and why? It went down - Consider the formula GDP = C+I+G+(X-M). A country is undergoing a boom in consumption of domestic and foreign luxury goods. In one year, the dollar growth in imports is greater than the dollar growth in domestic consumption. Assuming nothing else has changed, what happened to GDP?

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Bloomberg Market Concepts Questions and Answers 100% Solved "New news" moves markets. Accordingly, the economic indicators that heralds "new news" are of the most value to traders and investors. ️️timeliness of release GDP statistics are typically released by the government a month or more after the period in question, by which point dozens of other indicators have been released. ️️Because GDP statistics are released well after other economic indicators Nonfarm payrolls...

Bloomberg Market Concepts Questions And Answers 100% Solved Inaccurately because the scope of GDP measurements can change. ️️How accurately do GDP portray the economy and why? It went down ️️Consider the formula GDP = C+I+G+(X-M). A country is undergoing a boom in consumption of domestic and foreign luxury goods. In one year, the dollar growth in imports is greater than the dollar growth in domestic consumption. Assuming nothing else has changed, what happened to GDP? C= ...

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