The Canadian federal budget moved from a surplus of 9.6billioninthe2007- 2008 fiscalyeartoade ficitof5.8 billion the next year, and a large deficit of S55.6 billion in 2009-2010. a. Suppose real GDP was at potential in each of the first two years. What can you conclude about the cause of the change in the budget deficit? Show this change in a diagram of the budget deficit function. b. Suppose from 2008-2009 to 2009-2010, two things happened: real GDP fell and the government implemented an expansionary fiscal policy (both of which were true). Show these two separate events in a diagram of the budget deficit function.

The Canadian federal budget moved from a surplus of 9.6billioninthe2007- 2008 fiscalyeartoade ficitof5.8 billion the next year, and a large deficit of S55.6 billion in 2009-2010. a. Suppose real GDP was at potential in each of the first two years. What can you conclude about the cause of the change in the budget deficit? Show this change in a diagram of the budget deficit function. b. Suppose from 2008-2009 to 2009-2010, two things happened: real GDP fell and the government implemented an expansionary fiscal policy (both of which were true). Show these two separate events in a diagram of the budget deficit function.

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