Answer to Question #49490 in Macroeconomics for keisha

Question

A government report traces the economy's stagnation in the last 15 months to massive decline in spending on commercial construction, while residential construction grew at only half pace. of recent note, however is a fall in inventories.

Does the fall in inventories appear in a positive or negative number? why?

Answer 1

If a government report traces the economy's stagnation in the last 15 months to massive decline in spending on commercial construction, while residential construction grew at only half pace of recent note, we can state, that there is a fall in inventories.
This fall in inventories appear in a negative number, because there is a quantity decrease in inventory used for commercial and decrease in growth rate of residential construction.