A country is experiencing stagflation, when there is a high rate of inflation at the same time as a negative output gap. With the help of a diagram, evaluate the effectiveness of using fiscal policy to solve this problem.
Exam No：9708_s25_qp_41 Year：2025 Question No：4
Answer:
Knowledge points:
10.3.1.1 fiscal policy including Laffer curve analysis
10.3.1.2 monetary policy
10.3.1.3 supply-side policy including market-based and interventionist policies
10.3.1.4 exchange rate policy
10.3.1.5 international trade policy
10.3.2 problems and conflicts arising from the outcome of these policies
4.6.4 causes of inflation: cost-push and demand-pull inflation
5.2.6 distinction between expansionary and contractionary fiscal policy
5.2.7 AD/AS analysis of the impact of expansionary and contractionary fiscal policy on the equilibrium level of national income and the level of real output, the price level and employment
9.2.2 positive and negative output gaps
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