A budget deficit
A) occurs when government expenditures exceed tax revenues.
B) occurs when tax revenues exceed government expenditures.
C) occurs when transfer payments exceed tax revenues.
D) will always result when Congress and the president cannot agree on expenditures.
E) occurs when monetary policy works in the opposite direction of fiscal policy.
A
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If the nominal interest rate is less than the equilibrium nominal interest rate determined in the money market, then households and firms
A) are holding less money than they prefer. B) are holding more money than they prefer. C) expect real GDP to increase. D) expect the price level to increase. E) expect the nominal interest rate to decrease.
Which of the following is a true statement about real and nominal GDP?
A) If nominal GDP increases from one year to the next, we know that production of goods and services has risen. B) Nominal GDP is a better measure than real GDP in comparing changes in the production of goods and service year after year. C) Increases in average prices do not affect the calculation of nominal GDP. D) If real GDP increases from one year to the next, we know that production of goods and services has risen.