In preparing their estimates of the stimulus package's effect on GDP, Obama administration economists estimated a government purchases multiplier of 1.57. Economist Robert Barro argues that the government purchases multiplier would be lower than the administration's estimate, and economists Lawrence Christiano, Martin Eichenbaum, and Sergio Rebelo argued that the multiplier would be higher than the administration's estimate. O when the unemployment rate is high; when the value of the dollar is depreciating against foreign currencies when the federal budget is in surplus; when government transfer payments are declining O during wartime; when short-term interest rates are near zero O during a recession; when the inflation rate is relatively low

In preparing their estimates of the stimulus package's effect on GDP, Obama administration economists estimated a government purchases multiplier of 1.57. Economist Robert Barro argues that the government purchases multiplier would be lower than the administration's estimate, and economists Lawrence Christiano, Martin Eichenbaum, and Sergio Rebelo argued that the multiplier would be higher than the administration's estimate. O when the unemployment rate is high; when the value of the dollar is depreciating against foreign currencies when the federal budget is in surplus; when government transfer payments are declining O during wartime; when short-term interest rates are near zero O during a recession; when the inflation rate is relatively low

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