Consumption $550 Investment $200 Exports $60 Imports $90 Government Spending $100 Taxes $70 Potential Real Output (Long run Real Output) $800                   The above macroeconomic data are from the economy in 2019. Dollar values are measured in billions of 2019 dollars. (a) Is the economy facing a recessionary gap, an inflationary gap, or neither? Explain using numbers. (b) Based on your answer to part (a), how will the economy adjust in the long run in the absence of any government policy action? Explain.

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Consumption $550
Investment $200
Exports $60
Imports $90
Government Spending $100
Taxes $70
Potential Real Output (Long run Real Output) $800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The above macroeconomic data are from the economy in 2019. Dollar values are measured in billions of 2019 dollars.

(a) Is the economy facing a recessionary gap, an inflationary gap, or neither? Explain using numbers.

(b) Based on your answer to part (a), how will the economy adjust in the long run in the absence of any government policy action? Explain.

 

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