Cloze Test – Test 126

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

An economic indicator is a statistic about an economic activity. Economic indicators allow (21) of economic performance and predictions of future performance. One application of economic indicators is the (22) of business cycles. Economic indicators (23) various indices, earnings reports, and economic summaries. Examples: unemployment rate, quits rate (quit rate in U.S. English), housing starts, consumer price index (a measure for inflation), consumer leverage ratio, industrial production, bankruptcies, gross domestic product, broadband internet penetration, retail sales, stock market prices, money supply changes. Economic indicators can be classified (24) three categories according to their usual timing in (25) to the business cycle: leading indicators, lagging indicators, and coincident indicators.

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

An economic indicator is a statistic about an economic activity. Economic indicators allow (21) of economic performance and predictions of future performance. One application of economic indicators is the (22) of business cycles. Economic indicators (23) various indices, earnings reports, and economic summaries. Examples: unemployment rate, quits rate (quit rate in U.S. English), housing starts, consumer price index (a measure for inflation), consumer leverage ratio, industrial production, bankruptcies, gross domestic product, broadband internet penetration, retail sales, stock market prices, money supply changes. Economic indicators can be classified (24) three categories according to their usual timing in (25) to the business cycle: leading indicators, lagging indicators, and coincident indicators.

In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.

An economic indicator is a statistic about an economic activity. Economic indicators allow (21) of economic performance and predictions of future performance. One application of economic indicators is the (22) of business cycles. Economic indicators (23) various indices, earnings reports, and economic summaries. Examples: unemployment rate, quits rate (quit rate in U.S. English), housing starts, consumer price index (a measure for inflation), consumer leverage ratio, industrial production, bankruptcies, gross domestic product, broadband internet penetration, retail sales, stock market prices, money supply changes. Economic indicators can be classified (24) three categories according to their usual timing in (25) to the business cycle: leading indicators, lagging indicators, and coincident indicators.