An Executive at a U

Multiple Choice

An executive at a U.S. steel company uses growth in gross domestic product as one way to develop trends in industry steel use, so he records GDP change for each year on a graph. However, the executive's figures are considerably higher than those of the staff economist, who also has drawn a graph. This difference is most likely the result of

A) measurement errors by the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
B) a decline in gross domestic product.
C) an increase in gross domestic product.
D) the economist adjusting the figures for the inflation rate.
E) a change in productivity.