ECS1601 ASSIGNMENT 08 SEMESTER 2 2024 One of the objectives of the South African Reserve Bank is in ation targeting, and the in ation target for South Africa is between 3 and 6 per cent. There happe...
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ECS1601 Assignment 7 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2024 - DUE 29 October 2024
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This question is based on the information below:
Based on the information above, what is the change in government spending
required for the economy to reach full employment? (at each step of your
calculation, round off to 2 decimal places)
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What is the equilibrium level of income?
550000000000
Answer:
Which of the following statements is/are correct about the fiscal policy measure to increase
employment?
a) Autonomous spending will increase, and because of the increase in demand in the
economy firms will incur an unexpected decline in inventories, thus forcing them to
increase production.
b) The increase in government spending does not have to match the required increase in
income to decrease unemployment.
c) The multiplier effect will bring about the required increase in income level to increase
employment.
d) Production will be encouraged and the level of income will increase as well as
employment.
Autonomous consumption R 250 billion
Autonomous government expenditure R 100 billion
Autonomous investment R 250 billion
Autonomous exports R 350 billion
Autonomous imports R 250 billion
Marginal propensity to consume 0.8
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What is autonomous aggregate spending?
700000000000
Answer:
Autonomous consumption R 500 billion
Autonomous government expenditure R 200 billion
Autonomous investment R 250 billion
Autonomous exports R 400 billion
Autonomous imports R 250 billion
Marginal propensity to consume 0,8
Suppose that the economy is open and has a public sector. In the Keynesian
model, we can say that …
a. a fall in the marginal propensity of imports will raise the multiplier and aggregate
expenditure will rise
b. a fall in autonomous imports will raise the multiplier and aggregate expenditure
will rise.
c. an increase in the tax rate will increase the multiplier and raise aggregate
expenditure
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