Multiple Choice
All of the following are true about a cyclical pattern except
A) It is often due to multiyear business cycles.
B) It is often combined with long-term trend patterns and called trend-cycle patterns.
C) It usually is easier to forecast than a seasonal pattern due to less variability.
D) It is an alternating sequence of data points above and below the trend line.
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