Explain the effects of the following actions on equilibrium income, assuming that the marginal propensity to consume is 0.8 A. Government purchases rise by $40 billion B. Taxes fall by $40 billion

Question: Use The Following Information To Work Problems 4 To 6. In An Economy With No Exports And No Imports, Autonomous... Use the following information to work Problems 4 to 6. In an economy with no exports and no imports, autonomous consumption is $1 trillion, the marginal propensity to consume is 0.8, investment is $5 trillion, and government expenditure on goods and services is $4 trillion. Taxes are $4 trillion and do not vary with real GDP. 4. If real GDP is $30 trillion, calculate disposable income, consumption expenditure, and aggregate planned expenditure. What is equilibrium expenditure? 5. If real GDP is $30 trillion, explain the process that takes the economy to equilibrium expenditure. If real GDP is $40 trillion, explain the process that takes the economy to equilibrium expenditure. 6. If investment increases by $0.5 trillion, calculate the change in equilibrium expenditure and the multiplier.

An increase in the marginal propensity to consume will make the spending multiplier ? An increase in taxes as a portion of income will make the spending mitltiplier

Consider an economy in which the marginal propensity to consume is 0.75, prices are constant, G is initially 1,500, taxes are autonomous (not related to income) and are initially 2,000, transfer payments are initially 500, and GDP is initially 8,200. The economy is currently experiencing an inflationary gap. The government wishes to eliminate the gap and intends to reduce GDP to 7,000, and is considering changing government purchases, or taxes, or transfer payments. What new levels of these fiscal policy tools would be needed? In each case, what would the new government surplus or deficit be?