Answer Key

Indicators and trends – Practice 1

Choose the correct answer:
  1. During a  [recession] there is a negative growth and the economy is producing less.
  2. Pig farming is at present unprofitable and  [uneconomical] .
  3. The CAC 40  [peaked] at 3,051 before falling back o 2,992.
  4. All the economic  [indicators] are positive.
  5. Eating pasta, potatoes and rice rather than meat and fish is  [economical] .
  6. Someone who is heavily in debt has problematic  [finances] .
  7. The company's gross  [domestic] product grew by 10% last year.
  8. Prices are rising very slowly with an  [inflation] rate of two per cent per year.
  9. In the past, Paradiso imported more than it exported, and there was a trade  [deficit] .
  10. The paperwork soon  [mounts up] if you don't deal with it at once.