Question

Suppose The government decides to increase taxes by 40 billion in order to increase social security benefits by the same amount if the MPC is 0.9 will aggregate demand increase decrease or remain unchanged in at current prices with this combined tax transfer policy

Answer 1

Suppose the government decides to increase taxes by $40 billion in order to increase Social Security benefits by the same amount. If the MPC is 0.9, will aggregate demand increase, decrease or remain unchanged at current prices with this combined tax transfer policy? No change Increase in AD O Decrease in AD