If for some reason households become increasingly thrifty, we could show this by:

A. a downshift of the saving schedule.
B. an upward shift of the consumption schedule.
C. an upward shift of the saving schedule.
D. a movement down along a stable consumption function.


C. an upward shift of the saving schedule.

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