Amid the global pandemic, economic activity in many countries in the world decreased substantially causing a significant reduction in tax revenues. Mexico had a projected a budget deficit of $20 billion dollars. Assume that the government of Mexico borrowed $20 billion more from the market for loanable funds. Answer both parts below assuming that Mexico is a closed economy. a) Use a diagram for the market for loanable funds to analyze this policy. Does the interest rate rise or fall? What happens to investment and national saving? Note: make sure you label your diagram properly. b) Suppose households believe that greater government borrowing today implies higher taxes to pay off the government debt in the future. What does this belief do to private saving and the supply of loanable funds today? Does this change the results you discussed in part (a)?

Amid the global pandemic, economic activity in many countries in the world decreased substantially causing a significant reduction in tax revenues. Mexico had a projected a budget deficit of $20 billion dollars. Assume that the government of Mexico borrowed $20 billion more from the market for loanable funds. Answer both parts below assuming that Mexico is a closed economy. a) Use a diagram for the market for loanable funds to analyze this policy. Does the interest rate rise or fall? What happens to investment and national saving? Note: make sure you label your diagram properly. b) Suppose households believe that greater government borrowing today implies higher taxes to pay off the government debt in the future. What does this belief do to private saving and the supply of loanable funds today? Does this change the results you discussed in part (a)?

Exploring Economics

8th Edition

ISBN:9781544336329

Author:Robert L. Sexton

Publisher:Robert L. Sexton

Chapter21: Financial Markets, Saving, And Investment

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