The Inability to Conduct Expansionary Monetary Policy at the Zero

question 30

Multiple Choice

The inability to conduct expansionary monetary policy at the zero lower bound is also known as:

• A) stagflation.
• B) a liquidity trap.
• C) crowding out.
• D) Ricardian equivalence.

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