The marginal propensity to consume is:

A. the change in consumer spending minus the change in aggregate disposable income.
B. the change in consumer spending divided by the change in aggregate disposable income.
C. the proportion of total disposable income that the average family consumes.
D. increasing if the marginal propensity to save is increasing.

B. the change in consumer spending divided by the change in aggregate disposable income.

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