Short-Run Output ________ in the Last Quarter of 2008 and ________

Short-run output ________ in the last quarter of 2008 and ________ by the middle of 2009.

A) growth was flat; recovered to a modest 1.2 percent
B) was positive; fell to -3 percent
C) turned negative; bottomed out at below -7 percent
D) equaled zero; fell to -2 percent
E) was rising; unemployment was 8 percent