Suppose Japan is currently running a current account surplus. The most effective way of eliminating this current account surplus would be to temporarily ________ government purchases and ________ the domestic money supply.

A. increase; increase
B. increase; decrease
C. decrease; decrease
D. decrease; increase


Answer: A

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