_______________________ Is When a Central Bank Acts to Decrease the Money

question 39

Multiple Choice

_______________________ is when a central bank acts to decrease the money supply in an effort to control an economy that is expanding too quickly.

• A) Expansionary monetary policy
• B) Expansionary fiscal policy
• C) Contractionary monetary policy
• D) Contractionary fiscal policy
• E) Countercyclical monetary policy

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