"More Than 9,000 Laid-Off Nevada Workers Will Qualify for a Second

question 166

Multiple Choice

"More than 9,000 laid-off Nevada workers will qualify for a second 13-week round of extended unemployment benefits, under federal legislation signed by President Bush. [The] workers exhausted their first 13 weeks of extended benefits and will now be eligible for the new benefits, which pay an average of $293 a week."
Www) mercurynews.com 11/24/2008
Unemployment benefits are considered part of ________ fiscal policy. The extension of benefits would ________ fiscal policy.

• A) automatic; be discretionary
• B) discretionary; be automatic
• C) automatic; also be considered automatic
• D) discretionary; also be considered discretionary

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