If a $10 trillion economy is growing at a real rate of 2.5 percent a year, what must this economy do to maintain a constant debt-to-GDP ratio?

A. Have increasingly smaller deficits
B. Maintain a balanced budget
C. Run increasingly larger surpluses
D. Have increasingly larger deficits


Answer: D

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