Question

When a business cycle enters a trough of a recession or depression, the federal government can use _______ and ________ to offset its effects.

Answer 1

Answer: Monetary and fiscal policies

Explanation: Monetary and fiscal policies are two tools of the governments all over the world to stabilize economy in times of depression or recession.

These two can be explained as follows :-

1. Monetary policy refers to the decisions taken by the govt. to stabilize economy by adjusting the interest rates on short term borrowings or by changing the supply of money in the economy as per the need.

2. Whereas in fiscal policy federal govt. use tax collection and expenditure control for coping with depression or recession.