Asked by armando

Nixon initially wanted to help boost the US economy by
increasing government spending.
cutting interest rates.
cutting government spending.
introducing wage and price controls.

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cutting government spending.

Nixon campaigned on “New Federalism” and initially sought to restrain federal spending to curb inflation and reshape the economy; when that proved insufficient he later turned to wage‑and‑price controls (1971).