Prestigious economics professor, Tom Ruland, recently urged government policy makers to cut taxes and increase government spending in order to pull the economy out of a downturn. The policy measures called for by the professor are examples of fiscal policy.

The correct answer is True.

Explanation:

These are the measures implemented by the Government aimed at channeling the economy towards certain goals. The fundamental tools available to the Government for this are the management of the volume and destination of public spending. Fiscal policy also includes ways to finance government expenses. For example, if the economy is entering a recessive phase, the Government can reduce taxes and increase spending, in order to expand aggregate demand and overcome the recession. If there is a very high level of unemployment, you can try to create new jobs and grant temporary benefits to the unemployed; If there is a high inflation rate, it will try to reduce spending to counteract possible demand pressures and moderate price rises.

The objectives of the policy are: moderate economic cycles, seek to raise the level of national income, redistribute income, provide public goods, increase employment, etc. However, in certain situations, achieving a fiscal policy objective will ultimately be conditioned by the general objectives of the economic policy pursued by the Government at a given time.