The Weekend Quiz – September 25-26, 2021

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Quiz #654

• 1. If the external sector was running a surplus equivalent to 4 per cent of GDP, and the sum of all the private sector spending plans indicated it was desiring to run a surplus overall equivalent to 6 per cent, then the government could safely plan on achieving a fiscal surplus of 2 per cent of GDP.
• False
• True
• 2. The automatic stabilisers work counter-cyclically without any discretionary changes by government and push the fiscal balance back to its appropriate level after a major cyclical disturbance.
• False
• True
• 3. The monetary base always adjusts by increasing when commercial banks increase their loans.
• False
• True

Sorry, quiz 654 is now closed.

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