Use the Following to Answer Questions

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Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions .
Exhibit: Aggregate Expenditures and Real GDP 1
-(Exhibit: Aggregate Expenditures and Real GDP 1) Let Y = real GDP, AE = Aggregate Expenditures, C = Consumption, I_P = Planned Investment. Suppose AE = C + I_P, and I_P is autonomous. If the level of real GDP equals $7,000 billion, and if there are no changes in the consumption function or in planned investment, then we expect that, in the next period, real GDP will

• A) rise.
• B) remain unchanged.
• C) fall.
• D) fall, but only if there is an offsetting change in autonomous consumption.

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