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(a) Plot the data on revolving credit (credit cards and home equity lines of credit are th...

(a) Plot the data on revolving credit (credit cards and home equity lines of credit are the two major types of revolving credit). (b) Use MegaStat or MINITAB to calculate estimated seasonal indexes and trend. Is there a trend in the deseasonalized data? (c) Which months have the most borrowing? The least? Is this logical? Revolving

U.S. Consumers Revolving Credit (billions)

Month

2001

2002

2003

2004

Jan

223.2

232.5

240.6

276.7

Feb

221.5

229.7

239.7

272.8

Mar

220.1

230.2

234.0

268.3

Apr

227.7

235.6

235.4

270.6

May

229.1

233.1

240.4

278.0

Jun

225.7

231.0

240.7

275.6

Jul

222.1

229.9

238.6

278.7

Aug

219.6

241.1

240.7

286.4

Sep

216.3

243.1

239.9

286.7

Oct

223.3

242.4

235.8

286.1

Nov

233.2

244.2

269.5

285.8

Dec

238.3

250.2

284.7

315.8

Source: www.federalreserve.gov.

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