Suppose there is a negative output gap of 12 (the output gap is the difference between current output and desired output). The current real interest rate, r, is 0.05 and the investment function reads I=20-200r. The mpc is 0.5. By how much should the central bank decrease the real rate to close the output gap? Answer up to two decimal points
Suppose there is a negative output gap of 12 (the output gap is the difference between current output and desired output). The current real interest rate, r, is 0.05 and the investment function reads I=20-200r. The mpc is 0.5. By how much should the central bank decrease the real rate to close the output gap? Answer up to two decimal points
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![Suppose there is a negative output gap of 12 (the output gap is the difference between current output and desired
output). The current real interest rate, r, is 0.05 and the investment function reads I1 = 20- 200r. The mpc is 0.5. By how
much should the central bank decrease the real rate to close the output gap? Answer up to two decimal points
0.03](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fe5b66953-d8c0-491f-82b9-53ac9723ea16%2F252c1317-8c3d-4e4c-9020-255de938764e%2F5atew8_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose there is a negative output gap of 12 (the output gap is the difference between current output and desired
output). The current real interest rate, r, is 0.05 and the investment function reads I1 = 20- 200r. The mpc is 0.5. By how
much should the central bank decrease the real rate to close the output gap? Answer up to two decimal points
0.03
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