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If People Believe That in the Future the Government Will

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If people believe that in the future the government will have to resort to creating money to pay the interest on debt currently financed by the sale of bonds,they may


A) try to hold less money now, pushing up the current demand for goods and services as well as the current price level.
B) increase the demand for current government bonds, raising bond prices and reducing interest rates.
C) reduce current consumption because they expect price levels to fall in the future as the government is forced to lower taxes.
D) increase their current holdings of government bonds because they expect interest rates on government bonds to rise.
E) do any of the above since government deficits have an unpredictable impact on the economy.

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