An Increase in the Unemployment Rate Would Affect Tax Receipts

question 65

Multiple Choice

An increase in the unemployment rate would affect tax receipts and government expenditures by

• A)reducing tax receipts and expenditures.
• B)increasing tax receipts and expenditures.
• C)reducing tax receipts and raising expenditures.
• D)raising tax receipts and reducing expenditures.
• E)reducing tax receipts and leaving expenditures unchanged.

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