Question

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed by President Barack Obama in 2009, aimed at: Group of answer choices providing higher unemployment benefits to the residents of the economy. removing the supply bottlenecks in the economy. ensuring free trade flows across the world. stimulating the aggregate demand in the economy. closing an expansionary gap through a contractionary fiscal policy.

Answer 1

Answer: Stimulating the aggregate demand in the economy.

Explanation:

When former President Obama took over the governing of the nation in 2009, the country was in the midst of one of the worst global depressions that it had ever been through. Employment was high and aggregate demand was low.

President Obama therefore embarked on an expansionary fiscal policy by passing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act which was to target certain sectors of the economy with the view of increasing investment in those sectors and consumption so that Aggregate demand can be stimulated in the economy as those two things are components of Aggregate demand.