Assume That the Economy Is in a Recession and There

question 115

Multiple Choice

Assume that the economy is in a recession and there is a budget deficit. A strict balanced-budget rule that would require the Federal government to balance its budget during a recession would be

• A) expansionary and worsen the effects of the recession.
• B) contractionary and worsen the effects of the recession.
• C) contractionary and counter the effects of the recession.
• D) expansionary and counter the effects of the recession.

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