Article Summary In the Second Quarter of 2017, the Chinese Government Announced

Multiple Choice

Article Summary
In the second quarter of 2017, the Chinese government announced that GDP grew by 6.9 percent, a bit better than its target of "around 6.5% or higher if possible", and up from the 6.7% growth rate in 2016. This data comes following an announcement by the government that China would change the way it calculates growth by including healthcare, tourism, and the "new economy" in its data. Some economists are skeptical about the accuracy of the figures, which point to implausibly stable growth.

-Refer to the Article Summary. Including spending on healthcare, tourism, and the "new economy" for the first time in its GDP calculations will likely result in Chinese GDP growth rates that are ________ the growth rates that would have been measured without the inclusion of this spending.

A) higher than
B) lower than
C) equal to
D) negative compared to