Unemployment Compensation Programs Are Called Automatic Stabilizers Because Payments Increase

question 143

Multiple Choice

Unemployment compensation programs are called automatic stabilizers because payments increase during

• A) expansionary periods.
• B) periods of high unemployment.
• C) both recessions and expansions.
• D) wartime only.

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