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Government Spending Less Than 1

Decent Essays

Rezvan Ngalla
Econ 2200
Professor Clay
April 7, 2016
Responses to essay questions
1a) Some cases may arise where the money multiplier is less than 1. This means that the government may be spending in areas that will crowd out private investment or consumer spending that would have otherwise taken place. Crowding out is an economic phenomenon where the government increases spending in certain sectors of the economy that could have otherwise be a business opportunity for the private sector. Another factor that can lead to the multiplier being less than 1 is if government spending is less than taxes. The government collects less than it spends and this might make the multiplier to be less than 1
B) It matters because the larger the multiplier, …show more content…

Spending on Education is one of the areas where government spending will have low multiplier effects, in the short run at least. This is because spending money on education doesn’t really yield any positive economic growth in the short run. In the long run however, the money spent to educate citizens will eventually pay off assuming they put their knowledge to good use. Another area that government spending will have low multiplier effects will be …show more content…

By raising the reserve requirement, the Fed also reduces money supply in the economy because banks will now be limited by how much money they can lend out. This is a good policy to use during inflation.

5) Increasing the money supply by 20% each year;
I) Inflation will ensue rapidly because eventually, the money supply will grow faster than the economy. When there is that much high inflation, people might not “trust” money because it no longer acts as a store of value since it continually loses value, and it is no longer effective as a unit of account since prices increase all the time.
II) Since there will be an increase in the inflation rate, interest rates too will be high. This is because higher interest rates will be charged for loans and credits to compensate lenders for the declining value of money. Higher interest rates will also mean the spending and Investment will fall which might be crippling to the economy
III) Also with the high inflation rates, there will be currency devaluation. This therefore implies that, although the level of wages will increase, the value of real wages will drop thereby limiting the purchasing power of individuals even though there is much money in

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