2002, Question 1 · 11 points
Fighting high unemployment with fiscal and monetary policy
Pick a fiscal policy to lower unemployment, graph its effect on output and prices while the economy stays below full employment, and explain the effect on interest rates. Then name the open market purchase the Fed would use and graph how it moves interest rates, output and the price level.
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