3. Consumption and saving Suppose Cho gets a sales bonus at her place of work that gives her an extra $700 of disposable income. She chooses to spend $560 and save the remaining $140. From this, you can tell that Cho's marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is and her marginal propensity to save (MPS) is 0.80, 0.80, Mathematically, it must always be true that: 0.56, 0.56, 0.20 Consumption = Disposable income-Saving, Saving-Disposable income, Disposable income+Saving 0.20 Or 0.14 Or 0.14 Therefore, it must also be true that: MPC 1-MPS, 1+MPS, OR MOS
3. Consumption and saving Suppose Cho gets a sales bonus at her place of work that gives her an extra $700 of disposable income. She chooses to spend $560 and save the remaining $140. From this, you can tell that Cho's marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is and her marginal propensity to save (MPS) is 0.80, 0.80, Mathematically, it must always be true that: 0.56, 0.56, 0.20 Consumption = Disposable income-Saving, Saving-Disposable income, Disposable income+Saving 0.20 Or 0.14 Or 0.14 Therefore, it must also be true that: MPC 1-MPS, 1+MPS, OR MOS
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TOPIC: Consumption and Saving
![3. Consumption and saving
Suppose Cho gets a sales bonus at her place of work that gives her an extra $700 of disposable income. She chooses to spend $560 and save the
remaining $140.
From this, you can tell that Cho's marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is
and her marginal propensity to save (MPS) is
0.80,
0.80,
Mathematically, it must always be true that:
0.56,
0.56,
0.20
Consumption
=
Disposable income-Saving,
Saving-Disposable income,
Disposable income+Saving
0.20
Or 0.14
Or 0.14
Therefore, it must also be true that:
MPC
1-MPS,
1+MPS,
OR
MOS](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F7f196d9a-e719-4604-9aab-dc6c399620c1%2F8e19d2ee-5946-48b4-84ef-89e8c80b7b57%2Fqwj06xt_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:3. Consumption and saving
Suppose Cho gets a sales bonus at her place of work that gives her an extra $700 of disposable income. She chooses to spend $560 and save the
remaining $140.
From this, you can tell that Cho's marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is
and her marginal propensity to save (MPS) is
0.80,
0.80,
Mathematically, it must always be true that:
0.56,
0.56,
0.20
Consumption
=
Disposable income-Saving,
Saving-Disposable income,
Disposable income+Saving
0.20
Or 0.14
Or 0.14
Therefore, it must also be true that:
MPC
1-MPS,
1+MPS,
OR
MOS
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