Quiz #585
- 1. The private domestic sector can save overall even if the government fiscal balance is in surplus as long as net exports are positive.
- 2. When the central bank purchases government bonds in the secondary bond market, it has the equivalent impact on financial assets in the non-government sector as if a fiscal deficit, which increased reserves by the same amount would have.
- 3. While continuous national governments deficits are possible if the non-government sector desires to save overall, they do imply continuously rising public debt levels under current institutional arrangements.