Foundations of Economics (8th Edition)
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Author: Robin Bade, Michael Parkin
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The option that correctly states about the impact of increase in government budget deficit.
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When a government runs a deficit, it _________
a. It cuts fundings for defense and uses the money to other government services.
b. It shuts the government down.
c. It borrows from the public through the financial system to increase its spending.
d. It reallocates money from departments that have excesses to departments that have deficits.
• 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.
2. When the government runs a fiscal deficit, it finances it by:
a. issuing stocks
b. decreasing taxes
c. borrowing money from a commercial bank
d. issuing bonds
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- When governments run budget deficits, how do they make up the differences between tax revenue and spending?arrow_forwardSketch a diagram of how sustained budget deficits cause low economic growth.arrow_forwardWhat must take place for the government to run deficits without any crowding out?arrow_forward
- How would you expect larger budget deficits to affect private sector investment in physical capital? Why?arrow_forwardGive some examples of changes in federal spending and taxes by the government that would be fiscal policy and some that would not.arrow_forwardBased on the national saving and investment identity, what are the three ways the macroeconomy might react to greater government budget deficits?arrow_forward
- When governments run budget surpluses, what is done with the extra funds?arrow_forwardWhy is government spending typically measured as a percentage of GDP rather than in nominal dollars?arrow_forward________________________ making a series of future expenditures without simultaneously committing to collect enough tax revenues to pay for those expenditures. a. Budget deficits b. Debt crises c. Loan guarantees d. Unfunded liabilitiesarrow_forward
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