"When a macroeconomic aggregate is countercyclical: It grows faster than GDP It grows slower than GDP Its deviations from trend are more often of the opposite sign as the deviations from trend in GDP It doesn't move with changes of the GDP"
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Step 1: Pro cyclical means that a macroeconomic aggregate moves in the same direction as GDP, while counter cyclical means it moves in the opposite direction. Show more…
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