GDP

Unemployment Rate

NAMES   

SPRING 1998

WINNER

DOMINIC CHANG

Dominic was the only student to correctly predict the GDP growth rate for the 3^rd quarter of 1998 at 3.3%.   Seven other students accurately predicted the September unemployment rate of 4.6%.

While Dominic overestimated the unemployment at 4.7%, overall his two predictions were closest to the actual rates. Congratulations to Dominic Chang the first winner in the semi-annual macroeconomics prediction contest.  Dominic wins two tickets to the IMAX theater.

3.80

4.00

ABEL, SAUL C

2.20

4.80

ADHVARYU, HITEN U

4.20

4.60

AZARAKHSHI, GHOBAD

3.30

4.70

CHANG, DOMINIC

4.90

3.50

CHOI, HYUK S

2.50

4.60

CRUZ, GRACE R

3.80

4.60

EASTON, KATHRYN J

2.00

6.00

HSU, JANE E

4.00

4.70

HUTTER, SCOTT A

2.60

4.60

KAO, I-TZU

5.10

3.60

KIM, SOO-JIN

2.50

4.70

KO, PENG-CHUN

3.90

4.70

KOWALSKI, MICHELLE

3.76

4.74

LEMMENS, SABRINA A

8.30

5.00

LIN, WEI

2.10

4.10

LIU, JUN

3.10

4.80

NGUYEN, TIFFANY D

3.70

4.60

NORIEGA, RODOLFO

2.60

4.60

QIU, SHEN

3.00

4.50

RYU, HAN OCK

3.00

4.70

STAMPE, MARILYN E

4.10

4.60

SUK, JENNIFER H

4.10

4.40

SUPPE, STACEY M

2.50

4.60

WU, WAN-JU

THE STUDENT WITH THE PREDICTIONS CLOSEST TO THE ACTUAL GDP RATE FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1998 AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR SEPTEMBER 1998 WILL WIN TWO TICKETS TO THE IMAX THEATRE. THE DECISION WILL BE BASED ON THE DATA REPORTED DURING OCTOBER 1998. STUDENTS WHOSE PREDICTIONS WERE WITHIN A RANGE RATHER THAN EXACT VALUES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE AND NOT INCLUDED IN THIS LISTING.