To achieve a $500 billion decrease in AD, if the MPC is 0.8, what decrease in government purchases would be called for?

a. $100 billion
b. $400 billion
c. $500 billion
d. $625 billion

a

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Which of the following is the dynamic version of the quantity theory of money?

A. Growth in the money supply ? inflation = growth in the velocity of money ? real growth B. Money supply × velocity = price level × real GDP C. Money supply + velocity = inflation + real growth D. Growth in the money supply + growth in the velocity of money = inflation + real growth

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