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The correct sentence should read: “The government has announced a new policy to address the recent economic downturn.” This is because the action of announcing a policy has already been completed at the time of speaking. The present perfect tense ‘has announced’ is used to describe actions that have a connection to the present or actions that occurred at an unspecified time before now.
A) “will announce” is incorrect because it suggests a future action, not something that has already happened. B) “announces” is incorrect because it suggests a habitual or general action, not a specific event in the past. D) “announce” is incorrect because it lacks the auxiliary verb needed for the correct tense and does not agree in number with the singular subject “government.”
