Total Spending Influences the Business Cycle Because

question 39

Multiple Choice

Total spending influences the business cycle because:

• A) increases in spending flow through to higher output, employment and income.
• B) it allows GDP to increase well beyond the full-employment level of output.
• C) decreases in spending will increase inflation, which then reduces real GDP.
• D) increases in spending will decrease inflation, which then increases real GDP.

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