In 1968, President Johnson and Congress implemented a temporary surcharge on personal and corporate income taxes.What was the effect of this?
A) economic activity declined sharply and the economy entered a recession
B) consumption and investment spending declined significantly
C) households decreased their savings and aggregate demand was hardly affected at all
D) consumption and saving declined, while investment was not affected
E) both A and B
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Q15: According to the permanent-income theory of consumption,
Q16: The life-cycle theory of consumption was first
Q17: According to the permanent-income theory
A)increases in current
Q18: Which of the following theories of consumption
Q19: According to the simplified life-cycle theory of
Q21: The sensitivity of current consumption to changes
Q22: Liquidity constraints explain
A)why consumers may spend less
Q23: Buffer-stock saving
A)is consistent with the life-cycle hypothesis
Q24: A temporary tax change will significantly affect
Q25: According to the permanent-income theory of consumption
A)permanent
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