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(a) Examine the data for Trindad and Tobago from 2009 to 2018. What relationship (positive, negative, none) do you observe between (i) economic growth and unemployment, (ii) economic growth and inflation, (iii) unemployment and inflation over the period? Justify your response.
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Justification |
(i) economic growth and unemployment |
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(ii) economic growth and inflation |
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(iii) unemployment and inflation over the period
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(b) Rank the three economic variables from most important to least important. Provide one relevant reason to justify your selection for each of the three positions. (I.e. a reason why each variable is placed at position 1, 2 and 3.
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Justification |
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(c) “Many believe that the main objective of government economic policy should be to increase productivity and economic growth.” Using the data above and your economic knowledge, critically evaluate this statement by providing THREE reasons for and THREE reasons against. Ensure that you provide a relevant real-world example from the given Caribbean economy to support EACH point.
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