Unemployment Compensation Programs Are Called Automatic Stabilizers Because Payments Increase

question 22

Multiple Choice

Unemployment compensation programs are called automatic stabilizers because payments increase during

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

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