Given the following information for the Macro Economy answer the following quest

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Given the following information for the Macro Economy answer the following questions.

In this economy we have an MPC equal to 0.80, Autonomous Consumption of $600 billion, Planned Investment (I) of $1,000 billion, Government Spending (G) of $1,200 billion and Net Taxes (T) of $1,000 billion.

a) Fill in the missing data for: T, Yd, C, S, and AE (in that order in a table) for every level of Y given below (all the numbers are in billions).

Income (Y) Net Taxes (T) Disposable Income (Yd) Consumption (C) Savings (S) Aggregate Expenditures (AE)
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
10,000
11,000
12,000
13,000




b) Determine the Equilibrium level of Aggregate Income (Ye). Please state the reason for your answer.

c) Calculate the Spending Multiplier (show how you got your answer).

d) State in one sentence what your answer in (c) above tells us about any decrease in spending that takes place in the economy.

e) If this economy had a full employment level of income equal to $8,000 billion, what Macroeconomic condition is this economy experiencing.

f) Using the Spending Multiplier, determine the change in G that is needed to get this economy to be in equilibrium at full employment. Please show your work.

g) Using the Spending Multiplier, determine the change in T that is needed to get this economy to be in equilibrium at full employment. Please show your work.

Explanation / Answer

b) 11000 (Here, Y = AE)

c) Spending Multiplier = 1 / MPS = 1/0.2 = 5

Y T Yd C S I G AE(C+I+G) 2000 1000 1000 1600 -600 1000 1200 3800 3000 1000 2000 2400 -400 1000 1200 4600 4000 1000 3000 3200 -200 1000 1200 5400 5000 1000 4000 4000 0 1000 1200 6200 6000 1000 5000 4800 200 1000 1200 7000 7000 1000 6000 5600 400 1000 1200 7800 8000 1000 7000 6400 600 1000 1200 8600 9000 1000 8000 7200 800 1000 1200 9400 10000 1000 9000 8000 1000 1000 1200 10200 11000 1000 10000 8800 1200 1000 1200 11000 12000 1000 11000 9600 1400 1000 1200 11800 13000 1000 12000 10400 1600 1000 1200 12600

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