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O Levels Economics (2281)•2281/11/M/J/23
Question 20 from 2281/11/M/J/23

Explanation

Fiscal Expansion at Full Employment Causes Inflationary Pressure

Steps:

  • Increased government spending shifts aggregate demand (AD) rightward.
  • At full employment, short-run aggregate supply (SRAS) cannot expand output significantly, raising prices and inflation.
  • In the long run, higher spending raises interest rates, crowding out private investment and keeping output at potential but at elevated price levels.
  • Education spending's supply-side benefits emerge slowly, insufficient to offset demand pressure immediately or fully.

Why B is correct:

  • Demand-pull inflation occurs in short run per AD-AS model; long-run crowding out sustains higher prices without boosting potential output quickly, per loanable funds theory.

Why the others are wrong:

  • A: Long-run supply shift from education is delayed, not making low inflation more likely.
  • C: Short-run demand boost makes low inflation less, not more, likely.
  • D: Demand pressure reduces low inflation odds in both runs.

Final answer: B

Topic: Supply-side policy

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