The CARES Act of 2020 increased disposable income by $600 billion. If consumers spent $400 billion of those income transfers immediately,Instructions: In part a, round your response to two decimal places. In part b, round your response to the nearest whole number.what was the MPC?how much stimulus would those income transfers ultimately provide?$ billion
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The CARES Act of 2020 increased disposable income by 400 billion of those income transfers immediately,Instructions: In part a, round your response to two decimal places. In part b, round your response to the nearest whole number.what was the MPC?how much stimulus would those income transfers ultimately provide?$ billion
Solution
a) The Marginal Propensity to Consume (MPC) is calculated by dividing the change in consumption by the change in income. In this case, consumers spent 600 billion increase in disposable income. So, the MPC would be 600 billion = 0.67 (rounded to two decimal places).
b) The total stimulus provided by the income transfers can be calculated using the formula for the spending multiplier, which is 1 / (1 - MPC). In this case, the spending multiplier would be 1 / (1 - 0.67) = 3.03 (rounded to the nearest whole number). Therefore, the total stimulus provided by the income transfers would be 1,800 billion.
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