An economy Is described by the following equations: C = 500 + 0.85(Y - T), Cis consumption, Y is income and T is taxation M=0.05(1-t)Y imports IP = 1500, planned investment G = 400, government spending T = tY, t = 0.2 is the marginal tax rate X = 1200, X is exports I. The equilibrium level of output for the above economy is 22500 Do NOT include any letters, spaces or symbols (e.g. "$" or ",") in your answer. II. The multiplier for this economy is equal to 6.67 (Round to 2 decimal places) III. Suppose that, in this economy, there is an exogenous decrease in spending of 180. This economy will now be experiencing expansionary gap. Possible

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An economy is described by the following equations:
C = 500 + 0.85(Y – T), Cis consumption, Y is income and T is taxation
M=0.05(1-t)Y
imports
IP = 1500,
planned investment
G = 400,
government spending
T = tY,
t = 0.2 is the marginal tax rate
X = 1200,
X is exports
I. The equilibrium level of output for the above economy is 22500
Do NOT include any letters, spaces or symbols (e.g. "$" or ",") in your answer.
II. The multiplier for this economy is equal to 6.67
(Round to 2
decimal places)
III. Suppose that, in this economy, there is an exogenous decrease in spending of
180. This economy will now be experiencing expansionary
gap. Possible
answers (write ONE of the following only): "a contractionary" OR "an
expansionary".
IV. If the potential output of the economy is 10,000, the size of the output gap
arising from part III will be
Do NOT include any letters, spaces or symbols (e.g. "$" or ",") in your answer.
V. If the Okun's Law beta parameter is 2, the cyclical unemployment rate associated
with parts III and IV is equal to
%.
Transcribed Image Text:An economy is described by the following equations: C = 500 + 0.85(Y – T), Cis consumption, Y is income and T is taxation M=0.05(1-t)Y imports IP = 1500, planned investment G = 400, government spending T = tY, t = 0.2 is the marginal tax rate X = 1200, X is exports I. The equilibrium level of output for the above economy is 22500 Do NOT include any letters, spaces or symbols (e.g. "$" or ",") in your answer. II. The multiplier for this economy is equal to 6.67 (Round to 2 decimal places) III. Suppose that, in this economy, there is an exogenous decrease in spending of 180. This economy will now be experiencing expansionary gap. Possible answers (write ONE of the following only): "a contractionary" OR "an expansionary". IV. If the potential output of the economy is 10,000, the size of the output gap arising from part III will be Do NOT include any letters, spaces or symbols (e.g. "$" or ",") in your answer. V. If the Okun's Law beta parameter is 2, the cyclical unemployment rate associated with parts III and IV is equal to %.
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