Increases in Either Interest Rates or Taxes Tend to

question 48

Multiple Choice

Increases in either interest rates or taxes tend to

• A) contract the level of economic activity.
• B) increase the level of business investment.
• C) indicate governmental expansion of the economy.
• D) signal the trough of a recessionary market.

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