Assuming that fiscal policy has a multiplier effect and that investment and taxes remain unchanged, what will happen to output if government expenditure decreased by 500? Select one:
Assuming that fiscal policy has a multiplier effect and that investment and taxes remain unchanged, what will happen to output if government expenditure decreased by 500? Select one:
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Data is provided below for a small closed economy.
Output/Income = 10,000
Consumption = 600 + 0.75(Y - T)
Investment = 400
Taxes = 2,000
Government expenditure = 2,000
Assuming that fiscal policy has a multiplier effect and that investment and taxes remain unchanged, what will happen to output if government expenditure decreased by 500?
Select one:
- It would increase by 500
- It would decrease by 667
- It would decrease by 500
- It would increase by 2,000
- It would decrease by 2,000
- It would increase by 667
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