Fiscal policy is: the government's use of spending and tax policies to influence economic conditions. any change in aggregate expenditure at a given real interest rate and level of income. the process of setting interest rates in an effort to influence economic conditions. a measure of how much GDP grows as a result of both the direct and ripple effects flowing fr extra dollar of spending.
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