Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Fiscal policy

Fiscal policy — practice question

A country is dealing with two issues at once: deflation and a current account deficit in the balance of payments. It chooses to create a budget deficit and reduce interest rates. What effects are these policies likely to have on the two problems?

  • Adeflation improves; current account deficit uncertain
  • Bdeflation improves; current account deficit worsens
  • Cdeflation worsens; current account deficit uncertain
  • Ddeflation worsens; current account deficit worsens

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