In an expansion, federal tax receipts increase proportionally more than real GDP without the need for any government policy. This increase is an example of

A) discretionary monetary policy.
B) automatic monetary policy.
C) automatic fiscal policy.
D) discretionary fiscal policy.
E) the effect of deficit spending.


C

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