. You read in the newspaper there has been a rapid reduction in the budget deficit for Country S. In the short run, a rapid reduction in the budget deficit is most likely to lead to a(n) _________________. Select one: slowdown of economic activity rise in market interest rates increase in inflation worsening of the trade deficit
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