This document discusses key concepts related to fiscal policy. It defines discretionary fiscal policy as the deliberate use of changes in government spending and taxes to stabilize the economy. Expansionary fiscal policy includes increasing spending, decreasing taxes, or both. Contractionary policy refers to decreasing spending, increasing taxes, or both. The spending multiplier is defined as 1 divided by 1 minus the marginal propensity to consume. Automatic stabilizers and concepts like the budget, surplus, deficit and Laffer Curve are also explained.
Fiscal policy refers to government spending and tax policies used to influence macroeconomic conditions. Discretionary fiscal policy involves deliberate changes to spending and taxes, while automatic stabilizers adjust naturally with economic fluctuations. Expansionary policy, like increased spending, aims to boost aggregate demand during recessions by shifting the curve outward, raising real GDP and prices. Contractionary policy, like tax increases, seeks to reduce demand and inflation by shifting the curve inward. The multiplier effect amplifies these impacts. Lags and crowding out limit fiscal policy effectiveness.
The document discusses fiscal policy and the tools governments use to influence economic outcomes like output, employment, and prices. It explains how governments can use spending, taxes, and transfers to shift aggregate demand curves to stimulate a weak economy or apply restraint to an overheating one. The challenges of time lags, crowding out effects, and political pressures that influence effective fiscal policy implementation are also covered.
Fiscal policy refers to changes in government spending and taxes to achieve economic goals like low unemployment, stable prices, and economic growth. It involves tools like public debt, spending, taxes, and deficit financing. Expansionary fiscal policy increases spending or cuts taxes to boost aggregate demand, while contractionary policy reduces spending or raises taxes. Discretionary policy deliberately changes policy, while automatic policy changes without further action. Fiscal policy aims to shift the aggregate demand curve under Keynesian theory, but critics argue it may be crowded out by higher interest rates or future tax hikes under new classical views. Implementation lags mean its effects may not match original goals. Supply-side policy cuts marginal tax rates to incentivize more work
This document discusses key aspects of fiscal policy and the federal budget in the United States. It begins by defining the federal budget and its two main purposes of financing government activities and achieving macroeconomic goals. It then explains how fiscal policy uses changes in government spending and taxes to influence aggregate demand and achieve full employment, inflation control, and economic growth. The document also discusses the effects of expansionary and contractionary fiscal policy, discretionary versus built-in (automatic) fiscal policy, and how to evaluate the stance of fiscal policy using cyclically adjusted budget deficits and surpluses.
The document discusses fiscal policy, deficits, and debt. It defines fiscal policy as using the federal budget to achieve macroeconomic goals of growth and employment. There are two types of fiscal policy - discretionary, which are deliberate changes to spending and taxes, and non-discretionary, which are automatic changes. Expansionary fiscal policy involves increasing spending or decreasing taxes to boost aggregate demand during recessions, while contractionary policy involves the opposite to reduce inflationary gaps. Large deficits and debt are a long-term concern but bankruptcy is unlikely due to the ability to refinance or collect taxes. Social security and medicare funds face shortfalls that may require reforms like raising the retirement age.
The document discusses fiscal policy, which are changes in government spending and taxes that influence macroeconomic goals. It defines expansionary and contractionary fiscal policy and discusses discretionary versus automatic fiscal policy. It also examines the effects of fiscal policy using the Keynesian model and explores factors that could limit the effectiveness of fiscal policy like lags, crowding out, and supply-side considerations.
Fiscal policy involves changes to government spending and taxes to influence the economy. The document discusses the types of fiscal policy including expansionary, contractionary, and neutral fiscal policy. Expansionary policy involves increasing spending or decreasing taxes to increase money supply, while contractionary policy does the opposite to reduce money supply and inflation. Fiscal policy aims to achieve long-run growth, full employment and lower prices. However, it faces criticisms like time lags in its effects and potential for increasing budget deficits. The document also examines concepts like the Laffer curve and effects of fiscal policy on unemployment, expansion, and inflation.
Fiscal policy refers to government spending and tax policies used to influence macroeconomic conditions. Discretionary fiscal policy involves deliberate changes to spending and taxes, while automatic stabilizers adjust naturally with economic fluctuations. Expansionary policy, like increased spending, aims to boost aggregate demand during recessions by shifting the curve outward, raising real GDP and prices. Contractionary policy, like tax increases, seeks to reduce demand and inflation by shifting the curve inward. The multiplier effect amplifies these impacts. Lags and crowding out limit fiscal policy effectiveness.
The document discusses fiscal policy and the tools governments use to influence economic outcomes like output, employment, and prices. It explains how governments can use spending, taxes, and transfers to shift aggregate demand curves to stimulate a weak economy or apply restraint to an overheating one. The challenges of time lags, crowding out effects, and political pressures that influence effective fiscal policy implementation are also covered.
Fiscal policy refers to changes in government spending and taxes to achieve economic goals like low unemployment, stable prices, and economic growth. It involves tools like public debt, spending, taxes, and deficit financing. Expansionary fiscal policy increases spending or cuts taxes to boost aggregate demand, while contractionary policy reduces spending or raises taxes. Discretionary policy deliberately changes policy, while automatic policy changes without further action. Fiscal policy aims to shift the aggregate demand curve under Keynesian theory, but critics argue it may be crowded out by higher interest rates or future tax hikes under new classical views. Implementation lags mean its effects may not match original goals. Supply-side policy cuts marginal tax rates to incentivize more work
This document discusses key aspects of fiscal policy and the federal budget in the United States. It begins by defining the federal budget and its two main purposes of financing government activities and achieving macroeconomic goals. It then explains how fiscal policy uses changes in government spending and taxes to influence aggregate demand and achieve full employment, inflation control, and economic growth. The document also discusses the effects of expansionary and contractionary fiscal policy, discretionary versus built-in (automatic) fiscal policy, and how to evaluate the stance of fiscal policy using cyclically adjusted budget deficits and surpluses.
The document discusses fiscal policy, deficits, and debt. It defines fiscal policy as using the federal budget to achieve macroeconomic goals of growth and employment. There are two types of fiscal policy - discretionary, which are deliberate changes to spending and taxes, and non-discretionary, which are automatic changes. Expansionary fiscal policy involves increasing spending or decreasing taxes to boost aggregate demand during recessions, while contractionary policy involves the opposite to reduce inflationary gaps. Large deficits and debt are a long-term concern but bankruptcy is unlikely due to the ability to refinance or collect taxes. Social security and medicare funds face shortfalls that may require reforms like raising the retirement age.
The document discusses fiscal policy, which are changes in government spending and taxes that influence macroeconomic goals. It defines expansionary and contractionary fiscal policy and discusses discretionary versus automatic fiscal policy. It also examines the effects of fiscal policy using the Keynesian model and explores factors that could limit the effectiveness of fiscal policy like lags, crowding out, and supply-side considerations.
Fiscal policy involves changes to government spending and taxes to influence the economy. The document discusses the types of fiscal policy including expansionary, contractionary, and neutral fiscal policy. Expansionary policy involves increasing spending or decreasing taxes to increase money supply, while contractionary policy does the opposite to reduce money supply and inflation. Fiscal policy aims to achieve long-run growth, full employment and lower prices. However, it faces criticisms like time lags in its effects and potential for increasing budget deficits. The document also examines concepts like the Laffer curve and effects of fiscal policy on unemployment, expansion, and inflation.
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Fiscal policy refers to government spending, taxation, and borrowing tools that are used to promote full employment, price stability, and economic growth. It involves government revenue collection and expenditures to achieve economic stability without inflation or deflation. Fiscal policy tools include taxes, public expenditures, public borrowing, and deficit financing, which governments can use in expansionary or contractionary ways to influence aggregate demand and the macroeconomy.
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Fiscal policy refers to government spending, taxation, and borrowing tools that are used to promote full employment, price stability, and economic growth. It involves government revenue collection and expenditures to achieve economic stability without inflation or deflation. Fiscal policy tools include taxes, public expenditures, public borrowing, and deficit financing, which governments can use in expansionary or contractionary ways to influence aggregate demand and the macroeconomy.
The document provides guidance on writing a 25-mark economics essay, including common question types, content areas to discuss, and components of aggregate demand and supply. It discusses how fiscal and monetary policy can be used expansionary or contractionarily to influence economic growth. The government faces difficulties boosting growth, as measures to increase demand risk higher inflation and balance of payments deficits, conflicting with objectives. Supply-side policies may help manage issues, requiring coordination of monetary and fiscal approaches for sustainable growth.
Fiscal policy involves government spending, taxation, and borrowing to influence economic activity. There are three main views on fiscal policy: Keynesian, New Classical, and Supply-Side. Keynesians support using deficits during recessions and surpluses during booms. New Classical economists argue deficits only affect tax timing. Supply-Siders emphasize reducing marginal tax rates to boost labor and investment. Automatic stabilizers and difficulties with proper timing make discretionary policy challenging with both benefits and risks.
This document discusses key aspects of fiscal policy in India. It defines fiscal policy as the government's approach to taxation, spending, and borrowing to achieve economic objectives like growth. The main objectives of fiscal policy are promoting growth, stabilizing the economy during recessions and booms, creating jobs, and redistributing income. It describes countercyclical fiscal policy, which aims to counter economic cycles through tax and spending adjustments. It also discusses concepts like the revenue budget, capital budget, budget deficits, and deficit financing.
The document discusses how governments can use fiscal policy and the multiplier concept to estimate the impact of changes in government spending, taxes, and transfers on real GDP. It explains that:
1) An increase in government spending has a multiplier effect, leading to increased incomes, consumption, and GDP that is greater than the initial spending increase.
2) Increases in transfers or decreases in taxes also increase aggregate demand but by less than an equal increase in spending, as people save some of the additional income.
3) Taxes reduce the size of the multiplier because they capture some of each round of increased GDP, lowering the rise in disposable income from one round to the next. The automatic increases in tax revenue
Fiscal policy uses government spending and taxation to influence the economy. It aims to promote growth and reduce poverty. There are two types of fiscal policy - automatic stabilizers and discretionary policy. Automatic stabilizers like taxes and unemployment insurance automatically adjust to economic conditions. Discretionary policy deliberately manipulates spending and taxes but it faces implementation lags. Fiscal policy objectives include lifting economies out of depression, controlling inflation and business cycles, maintaining balance of payments equilibrium, and promoting economic growth.
This document discusses fiscal policy and the challenges of using it for stabilization. It explains key fiscal policy terms like budget deficits, surpluses, and discretionary vs. automatic policies. While Keynesian theory supports countercyclical fiscal policy, proper timing is difficult due to political and economic lags. As a result, modern views recognize fiscal policy is less potent than initially believed. Automatic stabilizers are preferable to discretionary changes as they respond automatically to economic fluctuations without legislative delays.
The document discusses fiscal policy, which refers to a government's efforts to use spending, taxes, and transfer payments to promote full employment, price stability, and economic growth. It outlines the roles, objectives, and types of fiscal policy, as well as its limitations. The objectives of fiscal policy include economic development and growth, employment, stabilization, and reducing income disparities. Fiscal policy tools include expansionary policies like increasing spending or decreasing taxes, and contractionary policies like decreasing spending or increasing taxes. The goal is to influence aggregate demand and output in the economy.
Fiscal policy uses government spending, taxes, and borrowing to influence macroeconomic variables. Expansionary fiscal policy, such as tax cuts or increased spending, increases aggregate demand to boost a recession-plagued economy. Contractionary fiscal policy, like tax increases or spending cuts, decreases aggregate demand to curb inflation. Automatic stabilizers like unemployment insurance and the progressive tax system counter cyclical changes automatically. Discretionary policy actively manipulates fiscal tools but faces time lags and crowding out effects.
This document discusses fiscal policy theory and tools. It defines fiscal policy as government spending, transfers, taxes, and borrowing that affect macroeconomic variables. The two categories of fiscal policy tools are automatic stabilizers and discretionary policy. Automatic stabilizers automatically adjust to economic fluctuations, while discretionary policy requires deliberate manipulation of spending, transfers, and taxes. Expansionary policy increases aggregate demand and output, while contractionary policy decreases them.
This document discusses the long-term implications of fiscal policy, including deficits and public debt. It explains that discretionary fiscal policy can be used to stabilize the economy in the short-run through expansionary or contractionary policies. However, long-term effects include impacts on the budget balance, debt, and implicit liabilities like Social Security. Running large deficits risks increasing debt levels to a point where a government may default or need to resort to inflation. Governments aim to balance budgets over the business cycle to avoid these problems.
Fiscal policy refers to a government's spending and tax policies to influence macroeconomic conditions. The document discusses different aspects of fiscal policy including:
- Countercyclical fiscal policy aims to stabilize the economy by increasing government spending and reducing taxes during recessions, and reducing spending and raising taxes during expansions.
- Discretionary fiscal policy is used purposefully by governments to achieve macroeconomic goals like reducing inflation or boosting growth. Tools include changing spending, taxes, and borrowing.
- Non-discretionary or automatic fiscal policy relies on built-in stabilizers like income taxes that automatically influence demand over the business cycle.
- Large fiscal deficits can adversely impact growth by reducing funds for
Monetary policy is a set of tools that a nation's central bank has available to promote sustainable economic growth by controlling the overall supply of money that is available to the nation's banks, its consumers, and its businesses.
This document discusses macroeconomic concepts related to fiscal and monetary policy. It defines monetary policy as how central banks control money supply and interest rates to influence price stability and trust in currency. Fiscal policy refers to how governments use spending and taxes to influence demand, employment, inflation, and growth. The goods market is modeled using the IS curve and Keynesian cross diagram, where equilibrium income equals planned expenditure. An increase in government purchases using this model leads to a multiplier effect that increases income more than the initial change in purchases.
John Maynard Keynes was a British economist in the early 20th century whose ideas had a major impact on modern economic theory and government fiscal policy. He advocated for interventionist government policies using fiscal and monetary measures to mitigate the adverse effects of economic downturns. Keynesians believe the government can use changes in spending and taxes to influence aggregate demand and achieve goals like high employment and price stability. However, fiscal policy does not operate in isolation and may be offset by factors like crowding out of private sector spending or individuals anticipating future tax changes.
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Fiscal policy involves government spending and taxation. The main objectives of India's fiscal policy are development through resource mobilization, efficient allocation of resources, price stability, employment generation, and increasing national income. Expansionary fiscal policy increases spending or cuts taxes to boost aggregate demand, while contractionary policy reduces spending or raises taxes to curb demand and inflation. Taxes, government expenditure, and public borrowing are the main policy tools used by the government to achieve its fiscal objectives.
Government fiscal policy and the size of the government budget deficit can impact aggregate demand and economic output. A higher budget deficit occurs when government spending exceeds tax revenue. Increased government spending raises aggregate demand, leading to higher economic output and tax revenue. However, the size of the budget deficit alone does not indicate whether fiscal policy is expansionary or contractionary. The structural budget, which accounts for the output gap between actual and potential GDP, provides a better measure of the stance of fiscal policy.
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Fiscal policy refers to government spending, taxation, and borrowing tools that are used to promote full employment, price stability, and economic growth. It involves government revenue collection and expenditures to achieve economic stability without inflation or deflation. Fiscal policy tools include taxes, public expenditures, public borrowing, and deficit financing, which governments can use in expansionary or contractionary ways to influence aggregate demand and the macroeconomy.
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Fiscal policy refers to government spending, taxation, and borrowing tools that are used to promote full employment, price stability, and economic growth. It involves government revenue collection and expenditures to achieve economic stability without inflation or deflation. Fiscal policy tools include taxes, public expenditures, public borrowing, and deficit financing, which governments can use in expansionary or contractionary ways to influence aggregate demand and the macroeconomy.
The document provides guidance on writing a 25-mark economics essay, including common question types, content areas to discuss, and components of aggregate demand and supply. It discusses how fiscal and monetary policy can be used expansionary or contractionarily to influence economic growth. The government faces difficulties boosting growth, as measures to increase demand risk higher inflation and balance of payments deficits, conflicting with objectives. Supply-side policies may help manage issues, requiring coordination of monetary and fiscal approaches for sustainable growth.
Fiscal policy involves government spending, taxation, and borrowing to influence economic activity. There are three main views on fiscal policy: Keynesian, New Classical, and Supply-Side. Keynesians support using deficits during recessions and surpluses during booms. New Classical economists argue deficits only affect tax timing. Supply-Siders emphasize reducing marginal tax rates to boost labor and investment. Automatic stabilizers and difficulties with proper timing make discretionary policy challenging with both benefits and risks.
This document discusses key aspects of fiscal policy in India. It defines fiscal policy as the government's approach to taxation, spending, and borrowing to achieve economic objectives like growth. The main objectives of fiscal policy are promoting growth, stabilizing the economy during recessions and booms, creating jobs, and redistributing income. It describes countercyclical fiscal policy, which aims to counter economic cycles through tax and spending adjustments. It also discusses concepts like the revenue budget, capital budget, budget deficits, and deficit financing.
The document discusses how governments can use fiscal policy and the multiplier concept to estimate the impact of changes in government spending, taxes, and transfers on real GDP. It explains that:
1) An increase in government spending has a multiplier effect, leading to increased incomes, consumption, and GDP that is greater than the initial spending increase.
2) Increases in transfers or decreases in taxes also increase aggregate demand but by less than an equal increase in spending, as people save some of the additional income.
3) Taxes reduce the size of the multiplier because they capture some of each round of increased GDP, lowering the rise in disposable income from one round to the next. The automatic increases in tax revenue
Fiscal policy uses government spending and taxation to influence the economy. It aims to promote growth and reduce poverty. There are two types of fiscal policy - automatic stabilizers and discretionary policy. Automatic stabilizers like taxes and unemployment insurance automatically adjust to economic conditions. Discretionary policy deliberately manipulates spending and taxes but it faces implementation lags. Fiscal policy objectives include lifting economies out of depression, controlling inflation and business cycles, maintaining balance of payments equilibrium, and promoting economic growth.
This document discusses fiscal policy and the challenges of using it for stabilization. It explains key fiscal policy terms like budget deficits, surpluses, and discretionary vs. automatic policies. While Keynesian theory supports countercyclical fiscal policy, proper timing is difficult due to political and economic lags. As a result, modern views recognize fiscal policy is less potent than initially believed. Automatic stabilizers are preferable to discretionary changes as they respond automatically to economic fluctuations without legislative delays.
The document discusses fiscal policy, which refers to a government's efforts to use spending, taxes, and transfer payments to promote full employment, price stability, and economic growth. It outlines the roles, objectives, and types of fiscal policy, as well as its limitations. The objectives of fiscal policy include economic development and growth, employment, stabilization, and reducing income disparities. Fiscal policy tools include expansionary policies like increasing spending or decreasing taxes, and contractionary policies like decreasing spending or increasing taxes. The goal is to influence aggregate demand and output in the economy.
Fiscal policy uses government spending, taxes, and borrowing to influence macroeconomic variables. Expansionary fiscal policy, such as tax cuts or increased spending, increases aggregate demand to boost a recession-plagued economy. Contractionary fiscal policy, like tax increases or spending cuts, decreases aggregate demand to curb inflation. Automatic stabilizers like unemployment insurance and the progressive tax system counter cyclical changes automatically. Discretionary policy actively manipulates fiscal tools but faces time lags and crowding out effects.
This document discusses fiscal policy theory and tools. It defines fiscal policy as government spending, transfers, taxes, and borrowing that affect macroeconomic variables. The two categories of fiscal policy tools are automatic stabilizers and discretionary policy. Automatic stabilizers automatically adjust to economic fluctuations, while discretionary policy requires deliberate manipulation of spending, transfers, and taxes. Expansionary policy increases aggregate demand and output, while contractionary policy decreases them.
This document discusses the long-term implications of fiscal policy, including deficits and public debt. It explains that discretionary fiscal policy can be used to stabilize the economy in the short-run through expansionary or contractionary policies. However, long-term effects include impacts on the budget balance, debt, and implicit liabilities like Social Security. Running large deficits risks increasing debt levels to a point where a government may default or need to resort to inflation. Governments aim to balance budgets over the business cycle to avoid these problems.
Fiscal policy refers to a government's spending and tax policies to influence macroeconomic conditions. The document discusses different aspects of fiscal policy including:
- Countercyclical fiscal policy aims to stabilize the economy by increasing government spending and reducing taxes during recessions, and reducing spending and raising taxes during expansions.
- Discretionary fiscal policy is used purposefully by governments to achieve macroeconomic goals like reducing inflation or boosting growth. Tools include changing spending, taxes, and borrowing.
- Non-discretionary or automatic fiscal policy relies on built-in stabilizers like income taxes that automatically influence demand over the business cycle.
- Large fiscal deficits can adversely impact growth by reducing funds for
Monetary policy is a set of tools that a nation's central bank has available to promote sustainable economic growth by controlling the overall supply of money that is available to the nation's banks, its consumers, and its businesses.
This document discusses macroeconomic concepts related to fiscal and monetary policy. It defines monetary policy as how central banks control money supply and interest rates to influence price stability and trust in currency. Fiscal policy refers to how governments use spending and taxes to influence demand, employment, inflation, and growth. The goods market is modeled using the IS curve and Keynesian cross diagram, where equilibrium income equals planned expenditure. An increase in government purchases using this model leads to a multiplier effect that increases income more than the initial change in purchases.
John Maynard Keynes was a British economist in the early 20th century whose ideas had a major impact on modern economic theory and government fiscal policy. He advocated for interventionist government policies using fiscal and monetary measures to mitigate the adverse effects of economic downturns. Keynesians believe the government can use changes in spending and taxes to influence aggregate demand and achieve goals like high employment and price stability. However, fiscal policy does not operate in isolation and may be offset by factors like crowding out of private sector spending or individuals anticipating future tax changes.
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Fiscal policy involves government spending and taxation. The main objectives of India's fiscal policy are development through resource mobilization, efficient allocation of resources, price stability, employment generation, and increasing national income. Expansionary fiscal policy increases spending or cuts taxes to boost aggregate demand, while contractionary policy reduces spending or raises taxes to curb demand and inflation. Taxes, government expenditure, and public borrowing are the main policy tools used by the government to achieve its fiscal objectives.
Government fiscal policy and the size of the government budget deficit can impact aggregate demand and economic output. A higher budget deficit occurs when government spending exceeds tax revenue. Increased government spending raises aggregate demand, leading to higher economic output and tax revenue. However, the size of the budget deficit alone does not indicate whether fiscal policy is expansionary or contractionary. The structural budget, which accounts for the output gap between actual and potential GDP, provides a better measure of the stance of fiscal policy.
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#### The Genesis of Cryptocurrency
The birth of Bitcoin marked the beginning of the cryptocurrency era. Unlike traditional currencies issued by governments and controlled by central banks, Bitcoin operates on a decentralized network using blockchain technology. This technology ensures transparency, security, and immutability of transactions, fundamentally challenging the centralized financial systems that have dominated for centuries.
Bitcoin was conceived as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system, aimed at providing an alternative to the traditional banking system plagued by inefficiencies, high fees, and lack of transparency. The underlying blockchain technology, a distributed ledger maintained by a network of nodes, ensures that every transaction is recorded and cannot be altered, thus providing a secure and transparent financial system.
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2. 2
What is a discretionary
fiscal policy?
The deliberate use of
changes in government
spending or taxes to alter
aggregate demand and
stabilize the economy
3. 3
What are examples of
expansionary fiscal policy?
•Increase government
spending
•Decrease taxes
•increase government
spending and taxes equally
4. 4
What are examples
of contractionary
fiscal policy?
•Decrease government
spending
•Increase taxes
•Decrease government
spending and taxes equally
7. 7
With an MPC of 0.75,
what is the spending
multiplier?
1/MPS = 1/1/4 = 4
8. 8
How much will real
GDP increase by with
an increase in
government spending
of $50 bil?
4 x $50 bil = $200 bil
9. 9
What is the
tax multiplier?
The change in aggregate
demand (total spending)
resulting from an initial
change in taxes
10. 10
What happens when
government cuts
taxes by $50 bil?
The multiplier process is
less because initial
spending increases only by
$38 bil instead of $50 bil
11. 11
What is the formula for
the tax multiplier?
1 – spending multiplier
12. 12
How much does real
GDP increase by with a
cut in taxes of $50 bil?
3 x $50 bil = $150 bil
13. 13
Can we assume that the
MPC will remain fixed?
No, it can change from one
time period to another
14. 14
Can fiscal policy be
used to combat
inflation?
Yes, this would happen
when the economy is
operating in the
Classical or Intermediate
range of the aggregate
supply curve
15. 15
What will happen to
AD with a cut in G
spending of 25 bil?
-$25 bil x 4 = -$100 bil
19. 19
What is the balanced
budget multiplier?
An equal change in
government spending
and taxes, which
changes aggregate
demand by the amount
of the change in
government spending
20. 20
What is an
automatic stabilizer?
Federal expenditures and
tax revenues that
automatically change
levels in order to stabilize
an economic expansion
or contraction
21. 21
What are examples of
automatic stabilizers?
• Transfer payments
• Unemployment compensation
• Welfare
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What is a
budget surplus?
A budget in which
government revenues
exceed government
expenditures in a given
time period
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What is a
budget deficit?
A budget in which
government
expenditures exceed
government revenues
in a given time period
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Key Concepts
• What is a discretionary fiscal policy?
• What are examples of expansionary fiscal
policy?
• What are examples of contractionary fiscal
policy?
• With an MPC of 0.75, what is the multiplier?
• How much will real GDP increase by with an
increase in government spending of $50 bil?
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Key Concepts cont.
• What is the tax multiplier?
• What is the formula for the tax multiplier?
• Can fiscal policy be used to combat
inflation?
• What will happen to ad with a cut in g
spending of 25 bil?
• What is the balanced budget multiplier?
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Key Concepts cont.
• What is an automatic stabilizer?
• What is a budget surplus?
• What is a budget deficit?
• What is supply side fiscal policy?
• What is the Laffer Curve?
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Fiscal policy is the use of
government spending, taxes,
and transfer payments for the
purpose of stabilizing the
economy.
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Discretionary fiscal policy follows
the Keynesian argument that the
federal government should
manipulate aggregate demand in
order to influence the output,
employment, and price levels in
the economy.
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Discretionary fiscal policy requires
either new legislation to change
government spending or taxes in
order to stabilize the economy.
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Expansionary fiscal policy is a
deliberate increase in government
spending, a deliberate decrease in
taxes, or some combination of
these two options.
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Contractionary fiscal policy is a
deliberate decrease in government
spending, a deliberate increase in
taxes, or some combination of
these two options.
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Using either expansionary or
contractionary fiscal policy, the
government can shift the
aggregate demand curve in
order to combat recession, cool
inflation, or achieve other
macroeconomic goals.
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• Increase government
spending
• Decrease taxes
• Increase government
spending and taxes
equally
Expansionary Contractionary
Discretionary Fiscal Policies
• Decrease
government spending
• Increase taxes
• Decrease
government spending
and taxes equally
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The tax multiplier is the multiplier
by which an initial change in taxes
changes aggregate demand (total
spending) after an infinite number
of spending cycles.
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Expressed as a formula, the tax
multiplier = 1 - spending multiplier.
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A balanced budget multiplier is not
neutral. A dollar of government
spending increases real GDP more
than a dollar cut in taxes. Thus, even
though the government does not
spend more than it collects in taxes,
it is still stimulating the economy.
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The total change in aggregate
demand from a change in
government spending is equal to
the change in government
spending times the spending
multiplier. The total change in
aggregate demand from a change
in taxes is equal to the change in
taxes times the tax multiplier.
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The business cycle creates
braking power. A budget
surplus slows down an
expanding economy. A
budget deficit reverses a
downturn in the economy.
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According to supply-side fiscal
policy, lower taxes encourage
work, saving, and investment,
which shift the aggregate supply
curve rightward. As a result,
output and employment increase
without inflation.
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The Laffer curve represents the
relationship between the income
tax rate and the amount of
income tax revenue collected by
the government.
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1. Contractionary fiscal policy is deliberate
government action to influence aggregate
demand and the level of real GDP through
a. expanding and contracting the money
supply.
b. encouraging business to expand or
contract investment.
c. regulation of net exports.
d. decreasing government spending or
increasing taxes.
D. The money supply is under control of
the Federal Reserve and not Congress.
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2. The spending multiplier is defined as
a. 1 / (1 - marginal propensity to
consume).
b. 1 / (marginal propensity to
consume)
c. 1 / (1 - marginal propensity to save).
d. 1 / (marginal propensity to consume
+ marginal propensity to save.
A. The spending multiplier is also
defined as 1/MPS.
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3. If the marginal propensity to consume
is 0.60, the value of the spending
multiplier is
a. 0.4
b. 0.6
c. 1.5
d. 2.5.
D. Spending multiplier = 1 / (1 - MPC) =
1 / (1 - 0.60) = 1 / 40/100 = 5 / 2 = 2.5
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4. Assume the economy is in recession and real
GDP is below full employment. The marginal
propensity to consume is 0.80, and the
government increases spending by $500 billion.
As a result, aggregate demand will rise by
a. zero.
b. $2,500 billion.
c. more than $2,500 billion.
d. less than $2,500 billion.
B. Change in aggregate demand (Y) = initial
change in government spending (G) x spending
multiplier.
Spending multiplier = 1 / 1 - MPC) = 1 / (1 - 0.80) = 1
/ 20/100 = 5
Y = $500 billion x 5
Y = $2,500 billion
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5. Mathematically, the value of the tax
multiplier in terms of the marginal
propensity to consume (MPC) is given by
the formula
a. MPC 1.
b. (MPC 1) MPC
c. 1 / MPC
d. 1 [1 / 1 MPC)].
D. The tax multiplier is also stated as Tax
multiplier = 1 - spending multiplier.
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6. Assume the marginal propensity to
consume (MPC) is 0.75 and the
government increases taxes by $250
billion. The aggregate demand curve will
shift to the
a. left by $1,000 billion.
b. right by $1,000 billion.
c. left by $750 billion
d. right by $750 billion.
A. The tax multiplier is -3 (1 - spending
multiplier) and -3 times $250 equals a $750
billion decrease. The movement is left
because consumers have less money to
spend.
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7. If no fiscal policy changes are made, suppose
the current aggregate demand curve will
increase horizontally by $1,000 billion and cause
inflation. If the marginal propensity to consume
is 0.80, federal policy-makers could follow
Keynesian economics and restrain inflation by
a. decreasing government spending by $200
billion.
b. decreasing taxes by $100.
c. decreasing taxes by $1,000 billion.
A. Change in government spending (G) x spending
multiplier = change in aggregate demand,
rewritten:
G = change in aggregate demand / spending
multiplier
Spending multiplier = 1 / (1-MPC) = 1 / (1-0.80) = 1 /
20/100 = 5
G = -$1,000/5, G = -$200 billion.
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8. If no fiscal policy changes are implemented,
suppose the future aggregate demand curve will
exceed the current aggregate demand curve by
$500 billion at any level of prices. Assuming the
marginal propensity to consume is 0.80, this
increase in aggregate demand could be
prevented by
a. increasing government spending by $500
billion.
b. increasing government spending by $140
billion.
c. decreasing taxes by $40 billion.
d. increasing taxes by $125 billion.
D. Change in taxes (T) x tax multiplier = change in
aggregate demand, rewritten:
Tax multiplier = 1 - spending multiplier
Spending multiplier = 1 / (1-MPC) = 1 / 1-0.80) = 1 / 20/100 = 5
Tax multiplier = 1 - 5 = -4, T = $600 billion/5, T = -$200
billion
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9. Suppose inflation is a threat because the
current aggregate demand curve will
increase by $600 billion at any price level.
If the marginal propensity to consume is
0.75, federal policy-makers could follow
Keynesian economics and restrain
inflation by
a. decreasing taxes by $600 billion.
b. decreasing transfer payments by $200
billion.
c. increasing taxes by $200 billion.
d. increasing government spending by
$150 billion.
C. 3 x $200 billion = $600 billion.
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10. If no fiscal policy changes are implemented,
suppose the aggregate demand curve will
exceed the current aggregate demand curve by
$900 billion at any level of prices. Assuming the
marginal propensity to consume is 0.90, this
increase in aggregate demand could be
prevented by
a. increasing government spending by $500
billion.
b. increasing government spending by $140
billion.
c. decreasing taxes by $40 billion.
d. increasing taxes by $100 billion.
D. The multiplier here is 10 (1 divided by 1/10 =
10). If taxes are increased by $100 billion
spending will go down by $90 billion. Ten
times $90 equals $900.
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11. Which of the following is not an
automatic stabilizer?
a. Defense spending.
b. Unemployment compensation benefits.
c. Personal income taxes.
d. Welfare payments.
A. Defense spending does not
automatically change levels as real GDP
changes.
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12. Supply-side economics is most
closely associated with
a. Karl Marx.
b. John Maynard Keynes.
c. Milton Friedman.
d. Ronald Reagan.
D. The most familiar supply-side
economic policy of the Reagan
administration was the tax cuts
implemented in 1981.
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13. Which of the following statements is true?
a. A reduction in tax rates along the
downward-sloping portion of the Laffer
curve would increase tax revenues.
b. According to supply-side fiscal policy,
lower tax rates would shift the aggregate
demand curve to the right, expanding the
economy and creating some inflation.
c. The presence of the automatic stabilizers
tends to destabilize the economy.
d. To combat inflation, Keynesians
recommend lower taxes and greater
government.
A.