Quiz #240
- 1. Under current public sector debt-issuance arrangements (where sovereign governments match their deficits with issues of debt), the government and the private domestic sector cannot simultaneously spend less than they earn.
- 2. The government needs to raise tax revenue in order to spend.
- 3. The estimates provided by institutions such as the OECD and the IMF of the size of the automatic stabilisers are typically biased downwards.