Describe the relationship between investment and the level of disposable income
Investment is autonomous with respect to disposable income. That is, the level of disposable income does not determine investment, but the level of the interest rate does. A decrease in the interest rate increases autonomous investment and an increase in the interest rate decreases autonomous investment.
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To determine whether a nation has an "abundance" of a resource, economists look at:
a. the exports of the nation. b. the imports of the nation. the total quantity of that resource compared with c. the total quantity of the other resource. d. a nation's share of the resource compared with its share of world GDP
Suppose the government launches a successful advertising campaign that convinces workers with high school degrees to quit their jobs and become full time college students. This would cause
A) the unemployment rate to decrease. B) the number of discouraged workers to increase. C) no change in the unemployment rate. D) the labor force participation rate to decrease.