Answer
Macroeconomic variables that fall when the economy is in a recession include real GDP and investments by corporations. Macroeconomic variable that will rise during a recession is the unemployment rate.
Work Step by Step
This question is simplistic. The occurrence of a recession causes overall production to be lowered so real GDP falls and with a recession, investment spending will also fall because such ventures will incur more risk. Always during a recession, people lose jobs so unemployment must rise.