The Provisions in State Constitutions Requiring Them to Balance Their

question 41

Multiple Choice

The provisions in state constitutions requiring them to balance their budgets mean that:

• A)state governments often behave procyclically because lower revenues during recessions means lower state spending.
• B)state government spending acts as an automatic stabilizer for the national economy.
• C)state governments can follow a functional finance approach with greater consistency than the federal government, which has no such requirement.
• D)state governments can only use monetary policy to affect their economies.

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