Fine-Tuning the Economy

question 55

Multiple Choice

Fine-tuning the economy

• A) is made difficult because of the problem of forecasting the many destabilizing events that regularly occur.
• B) has rendered business fluctuations obsolete.
• C) became more effective since econometric models were replaced by the leading indicators.
• D) has increased the likelihood of recurring depressions.
• E) is now possible, but we lack the will to accomplish it.

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