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2 marks, −0.667Macroeconomics › Business cycles and rational expectations › New classical economics and policy ineffectivenessModerateabout 2 min

GATE 2025 Question 48: Business cycles and rational expectations

Consider the following statements:

Statement 1: The new classical policy ineffectiveness proposition asserts that, systematic monetary policy and fiscal policy actions that change aggregate demand will not affect output and employment even in short run.

Statement 2: According to Real Business Cycle (RBC) model, the aggregate economic variables are the outcomes of the decisions made by many individual agents acting to maximize their utility subject to production possibilities and resource constraints.

Which one of the following options is CORRECT?

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This question is on New classical economics and policy ineffectiveness, part of Business cycles and rational expectations in Macroeconomics.

Why anticipated policy may have no effect on output.

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