9 T.G (S) 100 ВО 60 40 20 G T 0 $100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 GDP Refer to the diagram, where 7 is tax revenues and G is government expenditures. All figures are in billions of dollars. If the full employment and actual GDP are each $400 billion, government can balance its cyclically adjusted budget by

9 T.G (S) 100 ВО 60 40 20 G T 0 $100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 GDP Refer to the diagram, where 7 is tax revenues and G is government expenditures. All figures are in billions of dollars. If the full employment and actual GDP are each $400 billion, government can balance its cyclically adjusted budget by

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Author:William A. McEachern

Publisher:William A. McEachern

Chapter11: Fiscal Policy

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