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A-LevelEconomicsMonetary and Fiscal PolicyMay/June 2021Paper 1 Q281 Mark

Why are higher interest rates together with increased taxation on expenditure likely to cause domestic deflation?

Abecause the contractionary monetary policy will over-ride the expansionary fiscal policy
Bbecause the monetary and fiscal policies involved will reinforce each other
Cbecause the expansionary monetary policy will over-ride the contractionary fiscal policy
Dbecause the monetary and fiscal policies involved will cancel each other out

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About This A-Level Economics Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Economics (9708) May/June 2021 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Monetary and Fiscal Policy and is worth 1 mark.

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