If fiscal policy is going to exert a stabilizing impact on the economy, it must be

a. instituted by the Federal Reserve system.
b. expansionary during an economic boom but restrictive during a recession.
c. timed correctly.
d. passed by a three-fifths majority in Congress.


C

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