Please answer part 4 only  Suppose a government decides to pass a tax cut, while keeping the level of government spending the same. How can the government finance the tax cut?  What is the impact of the tax cut on public saving?  Will private saving be affected and, if so, how?  If households save most of (but not all) the tax cut, how will this affect investment?  How will this affect the equilibrium interest rate? and why?

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  1. Suppose a government decides to pass a tax cut, while keeping the level of government spending the same.
    1. How can the government finance the tax cut? 
    2. What is the impact of the tax cut on public saving
    3. Will private saving be affected and, if so, how? 
    4. If households save most of (but not all) the tax cut, how will this affect investment?  How will this affect the equilibrium interest rate? and why?
 
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