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

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.