Suppose actual real GDP is $7.91 trillion, potential real GDP is $13.33 trillion, the marginal propensity to consume is 0.68, and that the government has a balanced budget. If we ignore price effects, by how many trillions of dollars should the government change its spending to fix the gap while keeping the federal budget balanced? (Round this to two digits after the decimal and enter this value as either a positive value or a negative value without the dollar sign.)

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