Economist: The economy seems to be heading out of recession. Recent figures show that consumers are buying more d...

Jay-Etter on January 22, 2022

Hi Olivia, so when we look at the argument structure the statement that consumers are buying more durable goods than before is evidence for the conclusion, that the economy seems to be heading out of recession (which is why E is the correct answer here). We would eliminate B because it's not required that consumers are buying more durable goods than before in order to conclude that the economy is headed out of recession. There could, for example, be a lot of other indicators that the economy is headed out of recession even if we didn't know that consumers are buying more durable goods than before (which is why this is not required for the conclusion). Feel free to follow up if you have further questions!