Which of the following statements about Fiscal Policy is INCORRECT (a)  In order to combat inflation, the South African Reserve Bank must apply a contractionary fiscal policy; (b)  A contractionary fiscal policy can result in higher levels of unemployment; (c)  Expansionary fiscal policy will increase the budget deficit; (d)  The application of fiscal policy will have no effect on aggregate supply in the AD‐AS model.

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Which of the following statements about Fiscal Policy is INCORRECT

(a)  In order to combat inflation, the South African Reserve Bank must apply a contractionary fiscal policy;

(b)  A contractionary fiscal policy can result in higher levels of unemployment;

(c)  Expansionary fiscal policy will increase the budget deficit;

(d)  The application of fiscal policy will have no effect on aggregate supply in the AD‐AS model.

 

If the inflation rate is 6% and Susan receives a 6% increase in income, then, over the year, Susan’s:

(a)  Real and nominal income both remain unchanged;

(b)  Real and nominal income both rise;

(c)  Real income rises but nominal income remains unchanged;

(d)  Nominal income rises but real income remains unchanged.

 

Given the import function, Z = 300 + 2/3Y, which of the following statements is correct?

  1.   The marginal propensity to save is 1/3;
  2.  The induced component is 300;

  3.  2/3 is the proportion of any income spent on imports;

  4.  None of the statements is correct.

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