According to Keynes, during a period of recession the government should undertake contractionary monetary policy to increase aggregate demand. contractionary monetary policy to decrease aggregate demand. expansionary monetary policy to increase aggregate demand. expansionary monetary policy to decrease aggregate demand.
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