Economics Today: The Macro View (18th Edition)
Economics Today: The Macro View (18th Edition)
18th Edition
ISBN: 9780133884876
Author: Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 12, Problem 6P
To determine

The increase in the equilibrium real GDP due to a rise in autonomous consumption by $10 billion

Concept introduction:

MPC: Marginal propensity to consume is the proportion of the income that is consumed when the individual earns one more unit of currency.

Multiplier:

Consumption: Portion of the income spent for goods and services.

As, Y = C + I + G, where Y stands for GDP, C for consumption, I for investment, G for government expenditure. Not taking net exports just for simplicity.

Also,

Economics Today: The Macro View (18th Edition), Chapter 12, Problem 6P

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