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Macroeconomics 12th Edition by William Baumol,Alan Blinder

Edition 12ISBN: 978-1305033016
book Macroeconomics 12th Edition by William Baumol,Alan Blinder cover

Macroeconomics 12th Edition by William Baumol,Alan Blinder

Edition 12ISBN: 978-1305033016
Exercise 8
The year 2007 closed with the unemployment rate around 5 percent, real GDP barely growing, inflation above 2 percent and apparently rising a bit, and the federal budget showing a large deficit.
a. Give one or more arguments for engaging in expansionary monetary or fiscal policies under these circumstances.
b. Give one or more arguments for engaging in contractionary monetary or fiscal policies under these circumstances.
c. Which arguments do you find more persuasive?
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a. Reason in favor of expansionary monet...

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