During the COVID-19 pandemic the demand for goods and services in the Canadian economy fell for an extended period of time. If the prices in the Canadian economy are not flexible downward, the unintended rise in business inventories would force:

Multiple Choice

• the government to shut-down the economy.
• businesses to keep the production at the existing level.
• businesses to increase the level of production.
• businesses to increase the level of employment.
• businesses to lower the level of production.