Which of the following would be most likely to induce Congress and the president to conduct contractionary fiscal policy? A significant

A) increase in labor productivity. B) decrease in oil prices.
C) increase in inflation. D) decrease in real GDP.


C

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In the aggregate demand and aggregate supply model,

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