Contractionary monetary policy:
a) shifts the aggregate demand curve to the left.
b) shifts the aggregate demand curve to the right.
c) does not shift the aggregate demand curve.
d) shifts the aggregate demand curve to the left and then back to the right.
Ans: a) shifts the aggregate demand curve to the left.
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