Economics Today: The Macro View (19th Edition) (Pearson Series in Economics)
Economics Today: The Macro View (19th Edition) (Pearson Series in Economics)
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ISBN: 9780134478760
Author: Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 13, Problem 17P
To determine

The value of the MPC if the government increases real spending by $0.2 trillion

Concept introduction:

Planned Investment Spending (I): It refers to the amount that the private sector firms plan to spend on inventory and purchase of capital goods during a given period of time.

Marginal Propensity to Consume (MPC): MPC refers to the proportion of the total increase in disposable income that households devote to consumption.

Spending Multiplier: It is a measure of the extent to which GDP changes in response to a change in planned investment spending or government spending.

Crowding Out: Interest rates rise when government finance its increased expenditure through borrowings. Crowding out refers to the decrease in planned investment spending resulting from the increased interest rates.

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