If Consumers Are Very Foresighted, We Would Expect Actual Consumption

question 28

Multiple Choice

If consumers are very foresighted, we would expect actual consumption spending to:

• A) increase during recessions.
• B) be entirely predictable.
• C) increase during episodes of stagflation.
• D) resemble a "random walk".
• E) have no relation to wealth.

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