Indicate whether the following statement is true, false, oruncertain and explain your answer using words, graphs andequations as appropriate.(i)Decreasing reserves is a type of expansionarymonetary policy.(ii) If only unanticipated changes in the money supplyaffect real GDP, the public has rational expectations,and everyone has the same information about the stateof the economy, then monetary policy cannot be usedto systematically stabilize output.Along a SRAS curve, if the level of output is less thanthe natural level of output, then the price level is greaterthan the expected price level.(ii)

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