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Yi-Chen

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What is expansionary fiscal policy? What is contractionary fiscal policy?
 
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As the recession persisted into 2009, the unemployment rate in the United States rose to ________, the highest rate since the recession of 2001-2002 and the second highest since the Great Depression.
 
  A) 5.5 percent B) 9.3 percent C) 17.6 percent D) 25.1 percent


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Reply #1 on: Jun 29, 2018
Answer to Question 1

An expansionary fiscal policy is a decrease in taxes or an increase in government purchases intended to increase aggregate demand. A contractionary fiscal policy is an increase in taxes or a decrease in government purchases intended to decrease aggregate demand.

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Yi-Chen

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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