Businesses in the nation of Islandia have been accumulating cash because they have a pessimistic outlook of the national economy. Recent changes in the economic outlook of Islandia have caused business leaders to begin to invest some of their accumulated cash. Suppose that businesses in the country invest a total of $40 billion of this cash.    Instructions: Enter a positive number to show an increase and a negative number to show a decrease.   a. What would be the maximum expected change in GDP if Islandia's marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is 0.75?         $ billion   b. Suppose that the recent economic outlook in the country of Mountainia has been the opposite. Businesses have postponed planned investments and have begun to accumulate cash. If businesses in Mountainia postpone $12 billion of their planned investments, what would be the maximum expected change in GDP if its marginal propensity to save (MPS) is 0.05?        $ billion

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Businesses in the nation of Islandia have been accumulating cash because they have a pessimistic outlook of the national economy. Recent changes in the economic outlook of Islandia have caused business leaders to begin to invest some of their accumulated cash. Suppose that businesses in the country invest a total of $40 billion of this cash. 

 

Instructions: Enter a positive number to show an increase and a negative number to show a decrease.

 

a. What would be the maximum expected change in GDP if Islandia's marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is 0.75? 

 

     $ billion

 

b. Suppose that the recent economic outlook in the country of Mountainia has been the opposite. Businesses have postponed planned investments and have begun to accumulate cash. If businesses in Mountainia postpone $12 billion of their planned investments, what would be the maximum expected change in GDP if its marginal propensity to save (MPS) is 0.05?

 

     $ billion

 

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