Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 145

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions:
-(Figure: Shift of the Aggregate Demand Curve) Refer to Figure: Shift of the Aggregate Demand Curve.A movement from point B on AD₁ to point E on AD₂ could have been the result of:

• A) an increase in consumer optimism.
• B) an increase in consumer pessimism.
• C) an increase in personal income taxes.
• D) the central bank reducing the quantity of money.

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