In general, fiscal policy is used to:

A. make business cycle booms bigger and busts smaller.
B. even out the booms and the busts in the business cycle.
C. to reverse the pattern of booms and busts in the business cycle.
D. make business cycle booms and busts both bigger.

Answer: B. even out the booms and the busts in the business cycle.

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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