A method of smoothing a time series that can be used to identify the combined trend/cyclical component is
A) the moving average.
B) the percent of trend.
C) exponential smoothing.
D) the trend/cyclical index.

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The moving average method is commonly used to smooth time series data to identify underlying trends and cyclical components by averaging data points over a specified period.

A Method of Smoothing a Time Series That Can Be