Some of the components of the state budget depend on the level of output Y. The following components of the state budget are given: tax revenues Tt=1000+0.1Yt, transfers TRt=800- 0.05Yt, government spending Gt=1800, and interest payments IP= 100. Potential output in this economy is equal to Y,=10000. A) Calculate the overall budget deficit and the structural deficit in period 1, if output equals respectively: - Y,=12000 - Y{ = 10000 - Y"=8000 How does the relationship between overall deficit and structural deficit depend on the phase of the business cycle? B) Calculate cyclical deficit for all these three cases.

Some of the components of the state budget depend on the level of output Y. The following components of the state budget are given: tax revenues Tt=1000+0.1Yt, transfers TRt=800- 0.05Yt, government spending Gt=1800, and interest payments IP= 100. Potential output in this economy is equal to Y,=10000. A) Calculate the overall budget deficit and the structural deficit in period 1, if output equals respectively: - Y,=12000 - Y{ = 10000 - Y"=8000 How does the relationship between overall deficit and structural deficit depend on the phase of the business cycle? B) Calculate cyclical deficit for all these three cases.

Brief Principles of Macroeconomics (MindTap Course List)

8th Edition

ISBN:9781337091985

Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

Publisher:N. Gregory Mankiw

Chapter18: Six Debates Over Macroeconomic Policy

Section: Chapter Questions

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