Foundations of Economics (8th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134486819
Author: Robin Bade, Michael Parkin
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 26, Problem 6MCQ
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The option that correctly explains the impact of government budget surplus.
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Public saving is positive when:
a. there is a government budget deficit
b. after-tax income of households and businesses is greater than consumption expenditures
c.there is a government budget surplus
d. the government's budget is balanced
• Analyze the effects of a government budget deficit.
• Examine how the interest rate is determined in a variety of scenarios.
• Synthesize knowledge of saving, investment, and the financial system.
Government budget and national saving:
1. Suppose that GDP equals $10 trillion, consumption equals $6.5 trillion, and the government spends $2 trillion and has a budget deficit of $300 billion. Please find public saving, taxes, private saving, national saving, and investment.
Real
Interest Rate
S2
5%
D
Loanable Funds
$1,000
(in billions of dollars)
The figure depicts a demand-for-loanable-funds curve and two supply-of-loanable-funds curves. Which of the
following events would shift the supply curve from S1 to S2?
Government goes from running a balanced budget to running a budget surplus.
O In response to decreased tax incentives, firms invest more than they previously invested.
O In response to increased tax incentives firms invest less than they previously invested.
O In response to tax reform, households are motivated to save less than they previously saved.
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