If businesses buy fewer capital goods, and nothing else changes, then total expenditures on U.S. goods and services will decrease. And if total expenditures decrease, then __________ will decrease; consequently, the __________ curve will shift __________
A) aggregate demand (AD); AD; rightward
B) short-run aggregate supply (SRAS); SRAS; leftward
C) aggregate demand (AD); AD; leftward
D) interest rates; AD; leftward
E) prices; AD; rightward
C
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