In the late 1990s, the U.S. federal government had a budget surplus. If there is no Ricardo-Barro effect, the budget surplus ________ the real interest rate and ________ the equilibrium quantity of investment

A) did not change; did not change
B) lowered; increased
C) raised; increased
D) raised; decreased
E) lowered; decreased

B

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