Counter-Cyclical Macroeconomic Policy: Effectiveness and Implications

Counter-Cyclical Macroeconomic Policy

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"Counter-cyclical macroeconomic policy will be ineffective as a stabilization tool because people will undermine the policy by adjusting their choices once they expect a systematic policy response to recessions and booms." This statement most clearly reflects the

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Rational agents will weigh all of the likely economic policies in their estimation of future inflation rates. Therefore, once a systematic policy response to recessions and booms is established, counter-cyclical macroeconomic policy will be ineffective since it will be fully anticipated.