Spreading the Flat Tax

Predictions			WINNER Amber Heyer Amber Heyer won this semester's contest with both of her predictions being perfectly accurate. As reported during July 1999, the growth rate of real GDP and the rate of unemployment were both 4.3%. These are the exact amounts predicted by Amber Heyer. Several other students were within one-tenth of a percent of the correct figures. Congratulations to Amber for two accurate predictions. Let me also congratulate John McNamara, Michelle Ryan, and Takeshi Terry Tomonaga for predictions that were within one-tenth of one percent
STUDENT	GDP Growth Rate	Unemployment Rate
AGGARWAL, DEV	4.34	4.2
ALLISON, JOHN	3.7	4.2
ANDERSON, RYAN	4.1	5.0
ANZORA, JUAN	1.4	4.6
ARNETT, KEVIN	2.4	4.9
ARTEAGA, JOSE	4.1	4.6
BEITZ, STEPHEN	3.1	4.6
BERMOY, BRANDON	3.5	4.7
BIRCHMEIER, STEVE	2.8	4.7
CANANN, CHRISTINA	-2.0	5.3
CHANG, NATASHA J	2.2	5.6
CHEN, JANE	2.0	4.9
CHEN, JENNY	3.5	4.2
CHEN, RONALD	2.0	4.4
CHEUNG, LENA K	3.15	4.4
CLARKSON, RYAN J	2.6	4.8
DANIELS, JENNIFER	3.5	4.8
DE PIERRO, DANIELLE	1.9	5.1
DEMAREE, ERIC	2.5	5.1
DOOLEY, ELIZABETH L	4.1	4.7
DULKANCHAINUN, M	2.3	4.9
DUONG, THY QUYNH	4.0	4.9
ESTES, EUNICE B	4.2	4.5
FRANCISCO, MICHAEL	0.8	4.9
GARCIA, RICHARD	3.1	4.7
GONZALEZ, MAYRA	2.0	4.4
GRAHAM, CHRISTINE	1.7	4.8
GUNDLACH, MARK	2.4	4.5
GUO, PING	3.4	4.7
HAHN, NINA S	5.5	4.2
HALVERSON, JOHN	-1.7	5.1
HARRIS, LENA	1.4	5.0
HEBERT, ERIK	1.2	5.1
HERNANDEZ, RENEE	2.9	4.9
HEYER, AMBER	4.3	4.3
HUANG, BILL YU CHIH	2.4	5.1
HUANG, RICK YU-CHENG	4.1	4.2
HUANG, SHANG-HSUAN	2.3	4.8
HUTTER, ALICE	2.7	4.7
JAGIELLO, TODD	0.8	5.4
JEFFERSON, JULIUS S	3.1	4.5
KAY, SEAN J	3.4	4.8
KEHOE, SARAH M	2.1	4.7
KIM, HYOBEE	2.1	4.9
KISH, JONATHAN H	3.0	4.3
LAUBACH, RAYMOND A	4.2	4.1
LEDUC, KENNETH	3.6	4.6
LETHER, MICHELLE	3.6	4.6
LEWIS, DUSTIN	2.9	5.0
LEYNES, RICHARD	2.2	4.3
LIU, CHRISTINE	2.2	5.0
LOZOWSKI, SEBASTIAN	0.2	4.7
MARANA, TERESA A	3.5	4.6
MASON, BEN	2.0	4.6
MASTRANGELO, V	4.5	4.3
MAYEMURA, MARK S	3.6	4.5
MC KENZIE, MAYUMI	2.3	5.1
MC NAMARA, JOHN	4.3	4.2
MOERING, GLEN	2.3	4.8
MOORE, ROBERT	0.8	4.8
MORALES, WILMA E	2.9	4.9
MOSSER, JENNIFER L	4.0	5.1
MULLIN, AMY	2.8	4.5
NAVARRO, NICHOLAS A	1.6	4.7
NGUYEN, BAO Q	2.7	5.5
NGUYEN, MICHAEL	2.2	4.8
NIKOLIC, VIKTOR M	4.1	4.6
ORTEGA, REBECCA	1.5	4.7
PALADINO, ANDREW J	2.1	5.2
PEREZ, JAVIER	3.3	4.2
PHAN, WINNIE PEI FONG	1.9	4.8
PHELAN, MAUREEN	1.7	4.8
PHILLIPS, AMANDA	1.6	4.9
PLACEK, DAVID	3.8	4.7
PRACGASTIS, NORMAN	3.1	4.8
QUILLAN, MARGARET	1.9	5.7
RASCHIATORE, JEFFREY	0.4	4.8
RUNYAN, JEFFREY	0.6	4.8
RYAN, MICHELLE D	4.4	4.32
SAI, ZONI VICTOR	2.1	5.2
SANCHEZ-PHALEN, M	3.1	5.0
SAVAGE, JENNIFER	3.1	4.7
SCHY, ROBERT	2.0	4.8
SHEA, ANGELA	2.3	4.9
SKOMSVOLD, JAMES	2.8	4.4
SLOAN, DEREK	3.7	4.0
SORIA, ESTHER	3.5	5.5
STEINER, TIFFANY	1.7	5.1
STONE, TERRY R.	1.8	4.8
SUGHAYER, MARIAM A	2.9	4.5
SZYMCZAK, THOMAS	2.2	4.5
TOMONAGA, TAKESHI	4.3	4.2
TRINH, HELENE	2.2	5.5
VALABH, RAJESH	1.6	4.9
VAN HOOREBEKE, D	2.8	4.5
VARMA, SANGEETA	0.9	4.9
VASQUEZ, NATALIA	3.0	4.5
VEGA, JULIO	3.2	4.4
WALKER, CAROL M	3.4	5.0
WEBLEY, MICHAEL R	1.7	4.25
YANG, ALLEN C.K.	2.0	5.1
YU, HERNG CHUAN	3.3	4.6
ZHANG, JAY	4.5	3.9
The student with the predictions closest to the actual GDP growth rate for the second quarter of 1999 and the unemployment rate for June 1999 will win two tickets to the IMAX theatre. The decision will be based on data reported during July 1999. Students predictions that were within a range or students who only predicted one of the two values are not eligible and not included in this listing.