Exploring Macroeconomics
Exploring Macroeconomics
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ISBN: 9781544337722
Author: Robert L. Sexton
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
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Chapter 16, Problem 6P
To determine

To explain:

The meaning of a recessionary gap and the appropriate fiscal policy to combat or offsetone and inflationary gap and the appropriate fiscal policy to combat or offset one.

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