Multiple Choice
Inventories held by firms
A) tend to increase the severity of short-run fluctuations.
B) tend to reduce the severity of short-run fluctuations.
C) are held by businesses because they are a costless way of responding to demand shocks.
D) are the result of positive demand shocks.
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