Multiple Choice
Each of the following changes would allow the measured budget deficit to provide a truer picture of fiscal policy except:
A) correcting for the effects of inflation.
B) offsetting changes in government liabilities with changes in government assets.
C) excluding some liabilities altogether.
D) correcting for the effects of the business cycle.
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