Macroeconomists Are Interested in How Consumers Respond to Changes in the Market

question 4

Multiple Choice

Macroeconomists are interested in how consumers respond to changes in the market real interest rate because

• A) interest rates are an important channel for the effects of monetary and fiscal policies.
• B) substitution effects and income effects net out in the aggregate.
• C) of the permanent income hypothesis.
• D) future income affects current consumption.

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