Starting from long-run equilibrium, a large increase in government purchases will result in a(n) ________ gap in the short-run and ________ inflation and ________ output in the long-run.

The Keynesians believe that

a. the Fed played a primary role in driving the Great Depression. b. the Fed played an important role in preventing the Great Depression from being worse than it could have been. c. the Fed played a negative but secondary role in the Great Depression. d. the Federal Reserve did all it could to prevent the Great Depression but essentially played no role in it.

When there is a recessionary gap, inflation will ________, in response to which the Federal Reserve will ________ real interest rates, and output will ________.

A. decline; lower; decline B. increase; raise; decline C. decline; lower; expand D. decline; raise; decline