Suppose policy makers want to increase GDP by $450 billion. If the marginal propensity to consume is 0.9, by how much must taxes decrease to achieve this target?

What will be an ideal response?

The tax multiplier would be -9 in this case, so taxes must decrease by $50 billion.

Economics

You might also like to view...

In the above figure, a trough is at point ________ and a peak is at point ________

A) a; b B) b; c C) b; a D) d; c

Economics

The long-run aggregate supply curve shifts to the left if there is a decrease in immigration

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Economics