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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
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January 2015 of future federal budget deficits. Compare these forecasts
with actual deficits for those same years (see the second table), and then
answer the questions.
Year: 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Deficit
forecast
(in
billions
of
dollars)
-468-467-489-540-652-739
Fiscal Budget
Year Balance =
2015 -439
2016 -585
-86
-76
-53
11
53
2020 -1,074 87
2017-665
2018 -779
Cyclical
Component
2019-984
+
Structural
Component
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-509
-612
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-1,037
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Suppose the fictitious country of Islandia begins fiscal year 1 with no public debt. Tax revenues and government expenditures for the
next five years are shown in the table below.
Instructions: In parts a and b, enter your answers as a whole number. In part c, round your answer to 1 decimal place. Enter a positive
number for a surplus and a negative number (-) for a deficit.
a. Calculate the deficit or surplus for each fiscal year and record it in the table below.
Year
1
2
3
4
5
billion
Tax Revenues,
Billions
$ 114
119
118
119
121
percent
Government
Expenditures,
Billions
$115
121
124
123
119
b. At the end of fiscal year 5, what is the total public surplus or debt?
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Surplus or
Deficit,
Billions
-1
-2
-6
4
2
c. Suppose GDP is $235 billion. What percent of GDP does the public debt represent?
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"We're going to see some amazing economic growth because of this new policy, so much growth that we're going to grow
our way out of any short-term increases to government debt."
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Interest payments on the federal debt will consume a larger portion of the federal budget, potentially displacing other
government priorities.
Higher government debt may make future borrowing more difficult.
It gives foreign creditors substantial control over U.S. economic policy.
It places an unsupportable burden on future generations.
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1000
875
750
625
500
375
125
D
0
10
30 40 GO 60
80
TAX (Dollars per bottle)
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True
False
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(2% growth)
$2,329.8
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GDP
Deficit as a %
Budget Spending
(5% growth)
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2000
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0 10
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