{"id":23654,"date":"2026-08-30T01:01:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T19:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/how-should-quarterly-state-gdp-at-a-seasonally-adjusted-annual-rate-be-handled\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T01:01:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T19:01:40","slug":"how-should-quarterly-state-gdp-at-a-seasonally-adjusted-annual-rate-be-handled","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/how-should-quarterly-state-gdp-at-a-seasonally-adjusted-annual-rate-be-handled\/","title":{"rendered":"How should quarterly state GDP at a seasonally adjusted annual rate be handled?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How should quarterly state GDP at a seasonally adjusted annual rate be handled?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Add four quarterly annual rates to get annual GDP.<\/li>\n<li>Assume it is a ten-year average.<\/li>\n<li>Treat it as population data.<\/li>\n<li>Treat it as an annualized pace, not a value to sum directly across four quarters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3315,3305,3321],"subject":[3258],"education_level":[1897],"class_list":["post-23654","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-california-economy","topic-california-facts","topic-gdp-and-economic-measures","subject-us-economy","education_level-graduate"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Treat it as an annualized pace, not a value to sum directly across four quarters.<\/strong> is correct. Quarterly state GDP at a seasonally adjusted annual rate extrapolates the quarter\u2019s pace and should not be summed across four quarters.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"Add four quarterly annual rates to get annual GDP."},{"right":"no","answer":"Assume it is a ten-year average."},{"right":"no","answer":"Treat it as population data."},{"right":"yes","answer":"Treat it as an annualized pace, not a value to sum directly across four quarters."}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3258,"title":"U.S. Economy","slug":"us-economy"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3315,"title":"California Economy","slug":"california-economy"},{"id":3305,"title":"California Facts","slug":"california-facts"},{"id":3321,"title":"GDP and Economic Measures","slug":"gdp-and-economic-measures"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/23654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=23654"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=23654"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=23654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}