An Active Monetary Policy That Attempts to Smooth Out the Business

question 103

Multiple Choice

An active monetary policy that attempts to smooth out the business cycle would involve conducting ________ monetary policy during recessions and ________ monetary policy during expansions.

• A) contractionary; contractionary
• B) expansionary; expansionary
• C) contractionary; expansionary
• D) expansionary; contractionary
• E) countercyclical; expansionary

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Definitions:

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Orexin

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