Question

What trend do you see in the Cuban economy beginning in 2021?

it increases each year; positive growth
it remains the same each year; neutral growth
it decreases each year; negative growth

Answer 1

I don’t see the data or chart you’re referring to. Please either paste the yearly numbers (GDP or whatever metric) or upload the chart/image.

If you want to check it yourself, here are quick ways to decide:

- Compute year-to-year changes (value[t] - value[t-1]) for 2021→2022, 2022→2023, etc.
- If every change > 0 → "it increases each year; positive growth"
- If every change = 0 → "it remains the same each year; neutral growth"
- If every change < 0 → "it decreases each year; negative growth"
- If signs mix → there is no consistent monotonic trend.

- Or compute a linear trend (regression) on the years; a positive slope indicates overall increase, zero slope indicates no trend, negative slope indicates decrease.

Send the numbers or image and I’ll classify the trend for you.