Economic Measures: Calculating Government Spending with the Spending Multiplier
Question 1
Short answer
If the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is 0.75 and the government wants to close a $200 billion recessionary gap, calculate the initial amount of government spending required to achieve this goal using the spending multiplier concept.
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