The graph below depicts an economy where an increase in aggregate demand has caused inflation. Assume the government decides to conduct fiscal policy by decreasing government purchases to restore full-employment GDP. Price Level 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Fiscal Policy LRAS AS * AD AD, 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000

The graph below depicts an economy where an increase in aggregate demand has caused Inflation. Assume the government decides to conduct fiscal policy by changing taxes to bring Inflation under control. Price Level 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 80 70 60 50 Fiscal Policy LRAS AS Real GDP (billions of dollars) AD₁ AD 40 80 160 240 320 400 480 560 640 720 800 Instructions: Round your answers to 2 decimal places. If you are entering a negative number include a minus sign. a. How much does aggregate demand need to change to restore the economy to its long-run equilibrium? billion b. If the MPC is 0.75, how much do taxes need to change to shift aggregate demand by the amount you found in part a? $ billion Suppose Instead that the MPC is 0.5. c. How much does aggregate demand and taxes need to change to restore the economy to its long-run equilibrium? Aggregate demand needs to change by $ billion and taxes need to change by $ billion.

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If the equilibrium real GDP were higher than potential GDP, then a contractionary fiscal policy would cause the inflation rate to be ________ and real GDP to be ________.   a.   higher; higher   b.   higher; lower   c.   lower; higher   d.   lower; lower

Show effect of expansionary fiscal policy in the short run and medium run. AS AD model using ISLM model.

What is the appropriate fiscal policy to lower the unemployment rate? Group of answer choices decrease the money supply increase the money supply increase taxes decrease government spending increase government spending do nothing

pols Homework (Ch 15) 4. Using fiscal policy to fight inflation Consider the hypothetical economy depicted on the graph. Initially, the economy operates below full-employment output at a price level of 105 and real GDP of $480 billion. Then aggregate demand (AD) increases from AD₁ to AD₂, moving the economy up along the intermediate and classical ranges of the aggregate supply (AS) curve. Real GDP increases to the full-employment output level of $540 billion, and the price level increases to 120. PRICE LEVEL (CPI) 130 125 120 115 110 100 95 90 85 80 400 420 440 AS AD₂ 460 REAL GDP (Billions of dollars) AD₁ 480 500 520 540 560 580 600 MacBook Pro (?) X

Which fiscal policy will increase aggregate supply? increasing tax rates on businesses O increasing tax rates on consumers instituting more regulations on businesses allocating more money for federal student loans

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The graph below depicts an economy where a decline in aggregate demand has caused a recession. Assume the government decides to conduct fiscal policy by increasing government purchases to reduce the burden of this recession. Price Level 160 140 LA 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Fiscal Policy LRAS AD₁ Real GDP (billions of dollars) billion AS 80 160 240 320 400 480 560 640 720 800 AD O Instructions: Enter your answers as a whole number. a. How much does aggregate demand need to change to restore the economy to its long-run equilibrium? billion B b. If the MPC is 0.6, how much does government purchases need to change to shift aggregate demand by the amount you found in part a? Suppose instead that the MPC is 0.75. c. How much does aggregate demand and government purchases need to change to restore the economy to its long-run equilibrium? Aggregate demand needs to change by $ billion and government purchases need to change by $ billion.