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1) Expansionary fiscal policy during a recession means cutting taxes, increasing
government spending, or taking both actions.
2) The goal of expansionary fiscal policy is to rein in inflation.
3) Expansionary fiscal policy tends to lead to a smaller budget deficit.
O 4) Expansionary fiscal policy is always better than contractionary fiscal policy for
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the economy.
13. Which fiscal policy would make a budget surplus larger or a budget deficit smaller?
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O increase in government purchases of goods and services
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O higher interest rates
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percentage point increase in the real interest rate. Also, suppose that the investment demand curve shifts rightward by $190 billion at
each real interest rate for every 1 percentage point increase in the expected rate of return from investment. If stimulus spending (an
expansionary fiscal policy) by government increases the real interest rate by 2 percentage points, but also raises the expected rate of
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