A Severe Drought Hits a Country and Reduces Farm Output

question 44

Multiple Choice

A severe drought hits a country and reduces farm output by 50 percent.In the short run,this will ________ output and ________ employment.

• A) decrease; decrease
• B) decrease; increase
• C) decrease; have no effect on
• D) have no effect on; have no effect on
• E) increase; increase

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