Suppose you are given the following scenario: The Federal Reserve has reported the federal funds rate at 2.75 percent. The economy’s growth rate over the past several quarters has languished around 1 percent (annualized) per year while unemployment has increased by 1.5 percentage points to a current national average of 8.7 percent. The GDP deflator index has remained relatively steady, yielding an average inflation rate of 1.8 percent over the last two years.   What would you recommend as a Keynesian policy advisor? In the first part of your answer, identify the economic problem(s) best described in the scenario above. Secondly, determine the appropriate economic policy (fiscal or monetary) that would be most effective in responding to the economic problem(s) identified in part one. Lastly, explain the consequences your recommended policy would have on the macroeconomy in both the short run and the long run. Your answer should be at leas a couple of paragraphs long

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Suppose you are given the following scenario:

The Federal Reserve has reported the federal funds rate at 2.75 percent. The economy’s growth rate over the past several quarters has languished around 1 percent (annualized) per year while unemployment has increased by 1.5 percentage points to a current national average of 8.7 percent. The GDP deflator index has remained relatively steady, yielding an average inflation rate of 1.8 percent over the last two years.  

What would you recommend as a Keynesian policy advisor? In the first part of your answer, identify the economic problem(s) best described in the scenario above. Secondly, determine the appropriate economic policy (fiscal or monetary) that would be most effective in responding to the economic problem(s) identified in part one. Lastly, explain the consequences your recommended policy would have on the macroeconomy in both the short run and the long run. Your answer should be at leas a couple of paragraphs long. 

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