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A decrease in federal defense spending in the US is likely to cause which actions?
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layoffs at a large defense contracting company
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A decrease in federal defense spending in the US is likely to cause?
layoffs at a large defense contracting company
Why is it difficult for the federal government to increase or decrease spending?
Because two thirds of all government spending is on entitlements which the government connot easily alter. (by Solomon Zelman)
A tool often used by the Federal Reserve to stimulate borrowing and spending is to?
decrease the discount rate to banks-decrease the discount rate to banks.(:
When the Federal government uses taxation and spending actions to stimulate the economy it is conducting?
fiscal policy
How do changes in monetary policy affect your family's spending and business spending in the economy?
[If the Federal Reserve is selling bonds, banks will have lower reserves due to decreased deposits. With the decreased reserves, they will have to decrease the number and size of loans. The decrease in loans and the resulting higher interest rates discourage business (and consumer) borrowing and spending. The decreased spending in the economy should result in decreased business production and employment.]
A decrease in federal defense spending in the US is likely to cause?
layoffs at a large defense contracting company
Why is it difficult for the federal government to increase or decrease spending?
Because two thirds of all government spending is on entitlements which the government connot easily alter. (by Solomon Zelman)
What is the largest area of federal spending today?
The largest area of federal spending today is for social security. This is followed by Medicare, and Medicaid. Next in line is defense spending.
What did not contribute to the federal budget surplus in the 1990s?
a decrease in government spending
Something that did not contribute to record federal budget deficits in the early 1980s was?
cuts in defense spending
A tool often used by the Federal Reserve to stimulate borrowing and spending is to?
decrease the discount rate to banks-decrease the discount rate to banks.(:
When the Federal government uses taxation and spending actions to stimulate the economy it is conducting?
fiscal policy
When the federal governent uses taxation and spending actions to stimulate the economy it is conducting?
fiscal policy
What are the two ways the federal government could respond to an increase in the economy?
raise income taxes and decrease government spending
What are the twelve categories of expenditures in the federal budget?
The four main spending categories that the federal government spends money on are Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and national defense.
The large federal deficits of the Reagan years were due mainly to?
increases in the defense budget and steady spending on social welfare and entitlement programs.
What do federal taxes pay for?
The four largest expenditures are Defense spending, Medicare, Social Security, and Interest payments on the national debt. These account for over two thirds of the entire federal budget.
