If an Administration Pursues Expansionary Policy Before an Election to Bring

question 55

Multiple Choice

If an administration pursues expansionary policy before an election to bring down unemployment, it can:

• A) produce inflation only if the real interest rate is zero to begin with.
• B) lower people's expectations about inflation through a sense of false complacency.
• C) produce inflation if the targeted rate of unemployment is too low.
• D) produce disinflation if the expansionary monetary policy is unanticipated.

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