Question $50$

$2$ pts

Table $16-1$

$\backslash$table$[[$Year$,$Potential Real GDP$,$Real GDP$,$Price Level$],[2020,$$$18\mathrm{.}0$ trillion,$$18\mathrm{.}0$ trillion,$150],[2021,18\mathrm{.}5$ 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 $2020$ and in $2021$ 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 $2021,$ they should

$$ decrease the money supply.

decrease government purchases.

decrease income taxes.

increase the level of interest rates.