Fast and Curious Fiscal and Monetary Policy

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Which of the following is responsible for fiscal policy? Options: the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Reserve, Congress & the President, the Federal Reserve banks

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Congress & the President

Front

Which of the following statements is true?
Contractionary monetary policy would increase government revenue & slow down the economy.
Contractionary fiscal policy would decrease the money supply & slow down the economy.
Contractionary fiscal policy would lead to a decrease in national debt.
Contractionary monetary policy leads to a budget deficit.

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Contractionary fiscal policy would lead to a decrease in national debt.

Front

Which fiscal policy tool would be used if the economy were in a trough? Options: increase the money supply, increase individual tax rate, decrease the money supply, increase government spending

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increase government spending

Front

Which fiscal policy tool would decrease the national debt? Options: increase income taxes, decrease income taxes, increase money supply, decrease money supply

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increase income taxes

Front

Which monetary policy tool would speed up the economy? Options: increasing reserve requirement to decrease the money supply, decreasing income taxes, increasing government spending, decreasing interest paid on reserves to increase the money supply

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decreasing interest paid on reserves to increase the money supply

Front

Which combination of fiscal and monetary policy would speed up the economy? Options: increase income taxes; increase the money supply, decrease income taxes; increase money supply, increase gov't spending; decrease money supply, decrease gov't spending; decrease the money supply

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decrease income taxes; increase money supply

Front

Which monetary policy tool would be expansionary? Options: decrease reserve requirement to increase the money supply, increase discount rate to decrease the money supply, increase interest paid on reserves to decrease the money supply, selling bonds via open market operations to decrease the money supply

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decrease reserve requirement to increase the money supply

Front

The President is directly involved with which of the following? fiscal policy, monetary policy, setting interest rates, changing the money supply

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fiscal policy

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If the government is concerned about unemployment, which fiscal policy tool would they use? Options: increase government spending, increase income taxes, increase reserve requirement to decrease the money supply, increase discount rate to decrease the money supply

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increase government spending

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How are monetary policy and fiscal policy similar?

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They are both used to keep the economy stable.