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A-LevelEconomicsGovernment macroeconomic intervention9708/31 · May/June 2017 · Q281 Mark

A government responds to cyclical fluctuations in output by keeping tax rates and benefit rates unchanged. What is the government seeking to achieve by adopting this fiscal policy? A to allow automatic stabilisers to work B to keep output at the full employment level C to maintain a constant balanced budget D to ensure that its budget is in surplus over the trade cycle

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Topic
Government macroeconomic intervention, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Structured question, 1 mark.
Source
A-Level Economics, May/June 2017 Paper 3 Variant 1, question 28.

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