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Standards for Automatic Stabilizers, What Are They and Are They Effective

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National Standards in Economics

Name: Economic Fluctuations

Standard: 18

  • Students will understand that: Fluctuations in a nation's overall levels of income, employment, and prices are determined by the interaction of spending and production decisions made by all households, firms, government agencies, and others in the economy. Recessions occur when overall levels of income and employment decline.
  • Students will be able to use this knowledge to: Interpret media reports about current economic conditions and explain how these conditions can influence decisions made by consumers, producers, and government policy makers.

Name: Fiscal Monetary Policy

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