Suppose That the Federal Budget Is Balanced When GDP Is

question 17

Multiple Choice

Suppose that the federal budget is balanced when GDP is at potential GDP.If equilibrium GDP falls below potential

• A)this will result in a current budget deficit.
• B)the cyclically adjusted budget will be balanced.
• C)government transfer payments will be rising and tax receipts will be falling.
• D)All of the above are correct.

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Definitions:

Existential Instantiation

A rule of inference used in logic to deduce that if there exists an element in a domain with a certain property, one can infer the existence of a specific example of that element.

Universal Instantiation

A logical rule that allows for the conclusion that what is true of all members of a class is true for any specific member.

Quantifier Negation

The logical operation of negating the quantifiers within a statement, which often changes the scope or meaning of the statement.

Existential Generalization

A logical inference rule stating that if an assertion is true for some member of a domain, then there exists an element in that domain for which the assertion holds.