Which of the following is an example of an automatic stabilizer? Governments debate implementing tax cuts when the economy is in a recession. Spending on unemployment benefits falls when the economy enters a recession. Low-income households lose their food stamp benefits when unemployment rises. The amount of tax revenues collected rises when an economy is booming.

Automatic stabilizers can be defined as changes in government spending or taxes and consequently, raises aggregate demand without the intervention of policy makers when an economy falls into recession.

In Economics, it is also referred to as built-in stability and this means that with given tax rates and expenditures policies such as fiscal and monetary policy; an increase in domestic income will reduce a budget deficit or produce a budget surplus, while a decline in income will result in a deficit or a lower budget surplus.

Hence, an automatic stabilizer is an economic system or policies that automatically shore up or strengthen the Gross Domestic Products (GDP) without specific government intervention for sustenance or creation of stability in the economic cycle of a country.

An example of an automatic stabilizer is the amount of tax revenues collected rises when an economy is booming. Also, personal and corporate income tax usually decline in the event of recession in a country because individuals and business owners or entities make less, thus leading to unemployment and an increase in social security funds or welfare.