If There Is a Liquidity Trap in the New Keynesian

question 19

Multiple Choice

If there is a liquidity trap in the New Keynesian model then

• A) fiscal policy is irrelevant.
• B) conventional monetary easing works well.
• C) prices cease to be sticky.
• D) the nominal interest rate is at its lower bound.
• E) government spending is trapped.

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