In: Economics
Other things the same, an increase in the money supply causes the interest rate to rise to balance money supply and money demand.
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If the government increases expenditures by $200 billion dollars, the MPC = .80 and there are no crowding out effects, in which direction and by how far does the aggregate demand curve shift?
it shifts left by $360 billion. |
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it shifts left by $1,000 billion. |
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it shifts right by $360 billion. |
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it shifts right by $1000 billion |
An increase in the money supply causes the interest rate to decline as the money supply is now in excess to money demand so there is a competition among banks to provide more and more loans. Hence the statement is False
If the government increases expenditures by $200 billion dollars, and the MPC = .80 then the MPS is 1 - 0.8 = 0.2 and multiplier is 1/0.2 = 5. Since, there are no crowding out effects, aggregate demand curve shift to the right and the size of the shift is 5 x 200 = $1000 or $1 million. It shifts right by $1000 billion