CAS EC 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Balanced Budget Amendment, Government Budget Balance, Potential Output

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Chapter 3 the goods market: aggregate demand and supply. (cid:1851)(cid:3005)=(cid:1851) (cid:1846) (cid:1851)(cid:3005): disposable income t: taxes (cid:1855)=(cid:1858)(cid:4666)(cid:1875)(cid:1857)(cid:1853)(cid:1864)(cid:1872) ,(cid:1870),(cid:1857)(cid:1876)(cid:1868)(cid:1857)(cid:1855)(cid:1872)(cid:1853)(cid:1872)(cid:1867)(cid:1866)(cid:1871) (cid:1853)(cid:1854)(cid:1867)(cid:1873)(cid:1872) (cid:1847) (cid:1867)(cid:1870) (cid:4667) u: uncertainty. 1 (cid:3004: investment r : real interest rate. I may change because of exogenous factors (oil discoveries, new technologies: government spending g (and t): exogenous determined by policy, net exports. Potential gdp (cid:1851) =(cid:1858) (cid:4666)(cid:1855)(cid:1853)(cid:1868)(cid:1872)(cid:1853)(cid:1864) (cid:1871)(cid:1872)(cid:1867)(cid:1855)(cid:1863),(cid:1864)(cid:1853)(cid:1854)(cid:1867)(cid:1870),(cid:1872)(cid:1857)(cid:1855) (cid:1866)(cid:1867)(cid:1864)(cid:1867)(cid:1859)(cid:1877)(cid:4667) and fixed in short run. If (cid:1851)(cid:1851) , g should be decreased or t increased: fiscal policy: changing g and t to stabilize economy, automatic stabilizers. A policy that automatically increases government spending when the economy is booming; automatically decreases government spending when the economy is in a recession. Spending on unemployment benefits and food stamps automatically rises during recessions and falls during booms, without congress and the president passing any new laws.

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