Suppose the government decided to ease monetary policy, then increase taxes. In the short run in the Keynesian model, the effect of these policies would be to ________ the real interest rate and ________ the level of output.

A. lower; decrease
B. lower; increase
C. have an ambiguous effect on; increase
D. lower; have an ambiguous effect on

Answer: D

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