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
Option D
1. Recognition lag:-. As it imperfectly forecasts recession or a boom.
2. Impact lag:-. The impact of fiscal policy takes approximately 6 to 12 months to create an impact in an Economy..
3. Law making lag:- The time required to make or change laws is quite lengthy.
The economy is in a recession and the recessionary gap is large. Explain the risks of...
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...
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
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...
1. What is the business cycle? How does unemployment and inflation vary over the business cycle? 2. What is NAIRU and why is it important. What problems will the economy face if there is a large output gap? 3. Explain the impact of government expenditures on the equilibrium level of income. How does this differ from the effect of changes in taxation? What is the multiplier? 4 . Explain the impact of the time lags associated with discretionary fiscal policy. Which do you think is...
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...
1) Describe the Keynesian prescription to cure a recessionary gap. 2) Describe the Keynesian prescription to cure an inflationary gap. 3) What is the difference between discretionary & automatic fiscal policy? 4) Explain the difference between zero, incomplete, & complete crowding out. If crowding out is complete, does it call into question the effectiveness of a rise in government purchases in order to remove an economy from a recessionary gap?
Analysis indicates that the economy is in a recessionary gap. Which of the following is the most appropriate policy mix in this situation? a. a budget deficit and contractionary monetary policy b. a budget surplus and contractionary monetary policy c. a budget surplus and expansionary monetary policy d. a budget deficit and expansionary monetary policy
5. If data indicate the economy is in recession and members of Congress are working to pass legislation to encourage economic growth, which of the following has almost certainly occurred? a. Realization of results b. Recognition of change in the economy c. Implementation of policy d. Analysis of policy's effectiveness 6. Which of the following is a significant decline in general economic activity over an extended period that includes declining real income and rising unemployment? a. A business cycle b....
Suppose the economy has a recessionary gap of $1,000B caused by a demand shock with unemployment is rising. You also know that the marginal propensity to consume is 0.75. Using the aggregate demand-aggregate supply model: Draw a picture depicting the situation. (10 points) Compute the multiplier. (10 points) (Show your work) Would you use contractionary or expansionary fiscal policy? How much would you need to change government spending? (10 points) (Show your work)
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North-West Economy
a) Is North-West facing a recessionary or expansionary
gap? Justify your answer.
b) If you are the chair of the Central Bank of this
country, which type of monetary policy, expansionary or
contractionary, would you adapt to fix the economy of North-West?
Give examples, explain and be detailed.
c) If you are the President of this country, how would
you use Fiscal policy to fix the economy of North-West? Give
examples, explain and be detailed.
North-West economy...