Unemployment insurance payments act as automatic stabilizers by:

A. allowing for more consumer spending during prosperity.
B. making the unemployment rate worse during a recession.
C. allowing for more consumer spending during a recession.
D. changing the Phillips curve to a Laffer curve.

Answer: B

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