As nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decreases, people hold

A. less money since they will make fewer purchases.
B. more money because they will want to increase the amount of savings.
C. about the same amount of money since that has been enough in the past.
D. less money because they will want to collect interest.


Answer: A

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