In: Economics
1. Consider the inter-temporal budget constraint for the
government and consumers. Assume the interest rate
is r= 5%.
(a) Suppose the government cuts taxes today by $100 billion.
Describe three possible ways the government can change spending and
taxes to satisfy its budget constraint.
(b) Suppose consumers obey the permanent-income hypothesis. Would
their consumption rise, fall, or stay the same for each of the
alternatives considered in part (a)?
(c) What happens to private saving, total saving, and investment in
the three scenarios? Why? (Assume foreign saving does not
change.)