2011, Question 1 · 11 points
Recession, tax increase and Fed response
Show a recession on Phillips curve and AD-AS graphs, add the effect of raising taxes to balance the budget, choose and graph an expansionary open market policy and its price level effect, then explain the long-run adjustment of SRAS and the natural rate with no policy.
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