Quiz #530 answers

• 1. Government spending which is accompanied by a bond sale to the private sector adds less to aggregate spending on day 1 than would be the case if there was no bond sale.

Answer: False

• 2. Assume the government increases spending by $100 billion in year 1, again in year 2 and again in year 3. Economists estimate the spending multiplier to be 1.5 and the impact is immediate and exhausted in each year. They also estimate the tax multiplier to be equal to 1 and the current tax rate is equal to 30 per cent (30 cents in the $). What is the cumulative impact of this fiscal expansion on GDP after three years?

Answer: $450 billion

• 3. In a stock-flow consistent macroeconomics, we have to always trace the impact of flows during a period on the relevant stocks at the end of the period. Accordingly, government and private investment spending are two examples of flows that adds to the stock of aggregate spending which in turn impacts on GDP.

Answer: False