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Multiple Choice

$1$ point

Table $16-1$

$\backslash$table$[[$Year$,$Potential Real GDP$,$Real GDP$,$Price Level$],[2018,$$$18\mathrm{.}0$ trillion,$$18\mathrm{.}0$ trillion,$150],[2019,18\mathrm{.}5$ trillion,$18\mathrm{.}2$ trillion,$152]]$

Refer to Table $16-1.$ Consider the hypothetical information in the table above for potential real GDP$,$ real GDP$,$ and the price level in $2018$ and in $2019$ if Congress and the president do not use fiscal policy. If Congress and the president want to keep real GDP at its potential level in $2019,$ they should

decrease income taxes.

decrease government purchases.

decrease the money supply.

increase the level of interest rates.