Suppose the economy currently has an inflationary gap. The Federal Government engages in contractionary fiscal policy. The impact of contractionary fiscal policy will be to increase short-run aggregate supply, decrease prices and increase real GDP. increase short-run aggregate supply, decrease in prices and decrease in real GDP. decrease aggregate demand, decrease prices, and increase real GDP. decrease aggregate demand, decrease prices, and decrease real GDP.
Suppose the economy currently has an inflationary gap. The Federal Government engages in contractionary fiscal policy. The impact of contractionary fiscal policy will be to increase short-run aggregate supply, decrease prices and increase real GDP. increase short-run aggregate supply, decrease in prices and decrease in real GDP. decrease aggregate demand, decrease prices, and increase real GDP. decrease aggregate demand, decrease prices, and decrease real GDP.
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Suppose the economy currently has an inflationary gap. The Federal Government engages in contractionary fiscal policy. The impact of contractionary fiscal policy will be to
increase short-run aggregate supply , decrease prices and increase real GDP.
increase short-run aggregate supply, decrease in prices and decrease in real GDP.
decrease aggregate demand, decrease prices, and increase real GDP.
decrease aggregate demand, decrease prices, and decrease real GDP.
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