The economy is in a recession and the recessionary gap is large. Describe a discretionary fiscal stimulus package that could be used that would not bring an increase in the budget deficit. A discretionary fiscal stimulation package that would avoid a budget deficit is a simultaneous and equal ______.
A. increase in government expenditure and an increase in
taxes
B. decrease in government expenditure and taxes
C. decrease in transfer payments and increase in the quantity of
money
D. increase in transfer payments and a decrease in taxes
A. increase in government expenditure and an increase in taxes
(A discretionary fiscal stimulation package that would avoid a budget deficit is a simultaneous and equal increase in government expenditure and an increase in taxes as balanced budget multiplier is 1 in this case which would avoid a budget deficit.)
The economy is in a recession and the recessionary gap is large. Describe a discretionary fiscal...
The economy is in a recession and the recessionary gap is large. A discretionary fiscal stimulation package that would avoid a budget deficit is a simultaneous and equal increase in government expenditure and an increase in taxes. decrease in government expenditure and taxes. increase in transfer payments and a decrease in taxes, decrease in transfer payments and increase in the quantity of money increase in transfer payments and decrease in the quantity of money
Describe a discretionary fiscal restraint package that could be used that would not produce serious negative supply-side effects. A package that would avoid serious negative supply-side effects is a simultaneous and equal ______. A. increase in government expenditure and taxes B. decrease in government expenditure and taxes C. decrease in taxes and increase in the quantity of money D. increase in transfer payments and taxes
The economy is in a recession and the recessionary gap is large. Explain the risks of discretionary fiscal policy in this situation Discretionary fiscal policy is risky because it is hampered by all of the following lags except ______. A. recognition lag B. impact lag C. law-making lag D. business cycle lag
1) Suppose that the national economy is experiencing a recession with an estimated recessionary gap of $10 billion. Congress is considering the use of fiscal policy to ease the recession, and due to current political sentiments, it has determined that the maximum spending increase the government is willing to support is $3 billion. The government wants to make up the remainder of the recessionary gap using tax cuts. If a spending increase of $3 billion is approved and the MPC...
Afiscal policy action designed to bring the economy out of a recession would be to: reduce the size of the budget deficit. increase taxes. decrease transfer payments, increase government purchases.
Fiscal Policy Assume the economy is in a recession. The recessionary output gap has been identified as $500 billion dollars. The Federal Government wants to act to combat the recession. 1. (4 points) Past data suggests that a $10 million change in spending caused a $200 million change in total output. Use this information to calculate the Government Spending Multiplier. In one sentence, give a definition of the multiplier. 2. (6 points) Using your answer in part (1) calculate the...
An economy is initially at full employment, but a decrease in planned investment spending (a component of autonomous expenditure) pushes the economy into recession. Assume that the marginal propensity to consume (mpc) of this economy is 0.75 and that the multiplier is 4 a. How large is the recessionary gap after the fall in planned investment? The recessionary gap is times the size of the fall in planned investment. b. By how much would the government have to change its...
An economy is initially at full employment, but a decrease in planned investment spending (a component of autonomous expenditure) pushes the economy into recession. Assume that the mpc of this economy is 0.75 and that the multiplier is 4. LO4, L05) a. How large is the recessionary gap after the fall in planned investment? b. By how much would the government have to change its purchases to restore the economy to full employment? c. Alternatively, by how much would the...
QUESTION 20 One way to reduce the recessionary gap through fiscal policy is to increase government purchases. O increase taxes. O decrease transfer payments. O decrease the MPC. Click Save and Submit to save and submit. Click Save All Answers to save all answers.
Suppse the government wants to use fiscal policy to return the economy from a recessionary gap to a full-employment equilibrium.What policies mught they consider? with the as-ad graph, discuss the adjustment process in the private sector by the fiscal stimulus