单选题 Automatic stabilizers are government programs that tend to: A. automatically increase tax collections during a recession. B. reduce interest rates, thus stimulating aggregate demand. C. change government deficits in a manner counter-cyclical to economic growth without legislative action.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】Automatic stabilizer are built-in features that tend to automatically promote a budget deficit during a recession and a budget surplus during an inflationary boom, without a change in policy.