How Can the Fed Keep the Economy from Falling into a Recession

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Essay

How can the Fed keep the economy from falling into a recession if the budget deficit is reduced? Use the IS-LM model to illustrate graphically the impact of both the fiscal policy reducing the deficit and the monetary policy, which prevents output from falling. Be sure to label: i. the axes; ii. the curves; iii. the initial equilibrium values; iv. the direction the curves shift; and v. the terminal equilibrium values.

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Definitions:

Comparative Performance Appraisal Methods

A range of techniques used to evaluate the performance of employees by comparing them against certain standards or against the performance of other employees.

Ranking

A method of ordering or classifying entities or individuals based on a set of criteria, often used for evaluation or comparison purposes.

Paired Comparison

A method of evaluation that involves comparing each item in a list with every other item in pairs to establish preferences or rankings.

Forced Distribution

A method in performance management where employee evaluations are distributed along a bell curve, forcing a ranking of employees from top to bottom.