A) raise expenditures during expansions and recessions.
B) lower expenditures during expansions and recessions.
C) raise expenditures during recessions and lower expenditures during expansions.
D) raise expenditures during expansions and lower expenditures during recessions.
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Multiple Choice
A) Raise both taxes and expenditures by $5.56 billion dollars.
B) Raise taxes by $40 billion dollars and increase expenditures by $50 billion dollars.
C) Reduce taxes by $10 billion dollars and increase expenditures by $10 billion dollars.
D) Reduce taxes by $5.56 billion dollars and increase expenditures by $5.56 billion dollars.
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A) increases or if the interest rate increases.
B) decreases or if the interest rate decreases.
C) increases or if the interest rate decreases.
D) decreases or if the interest rate increases.
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A) A stock-market boom stimulates consumer spending by $300, and there is an operative crowding-out effect.
B) A stock-market boom stimulates consumer spending by $550, and there is a small operative crowding-out effect.
C) An economic boom overseas increases the demand for U.S. net exports by $550, and there is no crowding- out effect.
D) An economic boom overseas increases the demand for U.S. net exports by $300, and there is no crowding- out effect.
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A) Increases in the money supply shift aggregate demand to the right.
B) In the long run, increases in the money supply increase prices, but not output.
C) Recessions are associated with decreases in consumption, investment, and employment.
D) Government should use fiscal policy to try to stabilize the economy.
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A) would generally increase government tax revenue.
B) would have no effect on aggregate demand.
C) has a relatively small effect on the aggregate-supply curve.
D) All of the above are correct.
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A) if the money demand curve shifted right.
B) if the Federal Reserve chose to increase the money supply.
C) if the interest rate increased.
D) All of the above are correct.
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A) rightward shifts of the money-supply curve cannot occur if the Federal Reserve decides to target an interest rate.
B) the activities of the Federal Reserve's bond traders are irrelevant if the Federal Reserve decides to target an interest rate.
C) changes in monetary policy aimed at expanding aggregate demand can be described either as increasing the money supply or as increasing the interest rate.
D) our analysis of monetary policy is not fundamentally altered if the Federal Reserve decides to target an interest rate.
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A) increases the equilibrium interest rate, which in turn decreases the quantity of goods and services demanded.
B) decreases the equilibrium interest rate, which in turn increases the quantity of goods and services demanded.
C) increases the quantity of money supplied by 10 percent, leaving the interest rate and the quantity of goods and services demanded unchanged.
D) decreases the quantity of money demanded by 10 percent, leaving the interest rate and the quantity of goods and services demanded unchanged.
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