If Deficit Spending Is Halted, Then Interest Rates Will Drop;

question 353

Multiple Choice

If deficit spending is halted, then interest rates will drop; but if inflation heats up, then interest rates will not drop. Accordingly, either deficit spending will not be halted or inflation will not heat up, since interest rates will either drop or not drop.

• A) Destructive dilemma.
• B) Pure hypothetical syllogism.
• C) Constructive dilemma.
• D) Denying the antecedent.
• E) Invalid.

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