Suppose There Is a Decrease in Government Spending

question 8

Multiple Choice

Suppose there is a decrease in government spending. Such a fiscal policy action will cause:

• A) the natural real interest rate to rise.
• B) the natural real interest rate to fall.
• C) ambiguous effects on the natural real interest rate.
• D) no effect on the natural real interest rate.
• E) the natural real interest rate falls when the nominal rate falls.

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