A Decline in the Money Supply Shifts the MP Curve

question 38

Multiple Choice

A decline in the money supply shifts the MP curve to the left, causing the interest rate to ________ and output to ________, everything else held constant.

• A) rise; rise
• B) rise; fall
• C) fall; rise
• D) fall; fall

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