The Ricardo-Barro effect says that a government budget deficit leads to
A) no change in the real interest rate.
B) a lower real interest rate.
C) an increase in the quantity of investment.
D) a higher real interest rate.
E) an increase in demand for loanable funds.
Question 2
The natural rate hypothesis asserts that
A) changes in the unemployment rate from changes in the inflation rate are temporary.
B) changes in the unemployment rate are natural and long-lasting.
C) when prices change, the inflation rate changes temporarily and then returns to its natural rate.
D) changes in the natural unemployment rate are only temporary.
E) price changes occur at a natural rate, near a 6 percent average inflation rate.