increase real GDP in the short run, but not the long run.

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In one version of the monetarist model, we said that the velocity of money, V, is treated as constant (as an approximation of reality).  Also, recall that we said monetarists assume that the short-run Aggregate Supply curve is upward sloping (i.e., real GDP, Q, is not fixed in the short run), but the Long-run Aggregate Supply curve is vertical (as in our self-regulating model).  Consider the equation of exchange,

           MV≡PQ 

 An increase in government spending would

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A) cause a recession.
B) increase real GDP in the long run, but not the short run.
C) cause inflation in the short run.
D) not increase real GDP in the short or long run because there would be complete crowding out.
E) increase real GDP in the short run, but not the long run.

 

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