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Question
Classify the following statement into positive economic or normative economic, with suitable reason:
Government should try to control the rising fiscal deficit.
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Solution
Government should try to control the rising fiscal deficit is a normative statement.
This is because this given statement involves personal value judgment and cannot be tested and verified.
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