Automatic stabilizers
a. increase the problems that lags cause in using fiscal policy as a stabilization tool.
b. are changes in taxes or government spending that increase aggregate demand without requiring policy makers to act when the economy goes into recession.
c. are changes in taxes or government spending that policy makers quickly agree to when the economy goes into recession.
d. All of the above are correct.
b
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At a product's equilibrium price
A) anyone who needs the product will be able to buy the product, regardless of ability to pay. B) not all sellers who are willing to accept the price will find buyers for their products. C) the federal government will provide the product to anyone who cannot afford it. D) any buyer who is willing and able to pay the price will find a seller for the product.
Suppose the economy is initially in long-run and short-run equilibrium. If the Fed decides to pursue a contractionary monetary policy, we will see
A) bond prices fall, interest rates fall, aggregate demand remains unchanged as consumption spending decreases, but investment spending increases. GDP remains constant in both the short run and the long run, but the price level falls in both. B) bond prices fall, interest rates rise, aggregate demand falls as investment and consumption spending decrease, and real GDP and the price level decreasing in the short-run, but only the price level decreasing in the long run. C) bond prices fall, interest rates rise, aggregate demand falls as investment spending decreases and consumption spending remains unchanged, and real GDP and the price level decrease in the short run, but only the price level falls in the short run. D) interest rates rise but no change in bond prices. Aggregate demand falls as consumption spending and investment spending decrease, and the price level and real GDP fall in both the short run and the long run.