Quiz #384

• 1. Modern Monetary Theory accepts that continually expanding the money supply will inevitably be inflationary.
• False
• True
• 2. If there is an external deficit of 2 per cent of GDP and the government balances its fiscal outcome then the private sector will have an excess of spending relative to its income equal to 2 per cent of GDP.
• False
• True
• 3. A national government would be unable to rely on the central bank purchasing treasury debt to match its fiscal deficit if the central bank is targeting a positive short-term policy rate.
• False
• True