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Homework 6: Chapter 33 Name: Tai’ree Polydore Class: ECO2013 Date: 03/28/23 This assignment relates to following learning outcomes: identify problems that governments may encounter in enacting and applying fiscal policy explain the effectiveness of the recent U.S. fiscal policy calculate the size of the U.S. public debt  Follow the instructions below to complete the assignment. Instructions: Once you’ve watched the video: America's Debt Crisis Explained, reviewed websites: USA.gov; the Council of Economic Advisers; USDebtClock.org and read Chapter 33: Fiscal Policy, Deficits, and Debt then answer the following questions: 1. What is the role of the Council Economic Advisers (CEA) as it relates to the effectiveness of the recent U.S. fiscal policy? You can go to the website for the White House: The White House. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/staff The role of the Council of Economic Advisers would be advising the President on economic policy based on data, research, and evidence. 2. What are problems that governments may encounter in enacting and applying fiscal policy? You can read about the recent trends of US fiscal policy in historical context here: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. (2015, Jul 14). US fiscal Policy: Recent trends in historical context. Retrieved from https://www.clevelandfed.org/newsroom-and-events/publications/economi c-trends/2015-economic-trends/et-20150714-us-fiscal-policy-recent- trends-in-historical-context.aspx The governments may encounter problems with timing, political considerations, future policy reversals, offsetting state and local finance, and a crowding- out like effect. The problems of timing would result in lag under the recognition, administrative, and operational branches. The political business cycles would need to be considered as well. Obviously we can’t predict exactly which policies 1
would be reconsidered but they all have a chance of being retracted. The offsetting of finances would cause dividends as well. 3. Public debt is the sum of deficits and surpluses (negative deficits) over time. Suppose that a country has no public debt in year 1 but experiences a budget deficit of $40 billion in year 1, a budget deficit of $20 billion in year 2, a budget surplus of $10 billion in year 3, and a budget deficit of $2 billion in year 4, What is the absolute size of its public debt in year 4? absolute public debt = 40 + 20 - 10 + 2 = 52 billion 4. If the real GDP in year 4 is $104 billion, what is this country’s public debt as a percentage of real GDP in year 4? If the real GDP in year 4 is $104 billion, what is this country’s public debt as a percentage of real GDP in year 4? Should fiscal policy be counter-cyclical? (52 / 104) * 100 = 0.5 * 100 = 50% is the country’s public debt as a percentage of real GDP in year 4. Also, Fiscal policy should only be counter-cyclical when the government deficit increases during economic downturns. You can find data of the of US total public debt here: Economic Research / Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louse/ Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Precent of Gross Domestic Product https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GFDEGDQ188S You can read about the US deficits and debt here: Deficits and Debt in Contemporary US Fiscal Policy: Updating Our Priories (2019, Nov by JARED BERNSTEIN ): https://www.cbpp.org/economy/deficits- and-debt-in-contemporary-us-fiscal-policy-updating-our-priors 5. What is the current US national debt? You can go to the website: USDebtClock.org US Debt Clock. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.usdebtclock.org/ US NATIONAL DEBT: 31,645,852,170,000 2
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