Automatic Stabilizers Built into Our System of Fiscal Policy

question 19

Multiple Choice

Automatic stabilizers built into our system of fiscal policy

• A) make the marginal propensity to consume smaller than it otherwise would be.
• B) make the investment multiplier larger than it otherwise would be.
• C) make the IS curve steeper than it otherwise would be.
• D) make monetary policy less effective in moving GDP around in the short run than it otherwise would be.
• E) all of the above.

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