Suppose Kittyville's full-employment GDP is $600 billion, and the current equilibrium GDP is $400 billion. The MPC in this economy equals 0.90. Identify the type of expenditure gap in Kittyville's economy. To correct this gap, Kittyville hires an economist, Kittyzen Keynes, who suggests increasing government spending or decreasing taxes.
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inflationary
increasing
recessionary
decreasing
Suppose Kittyville decides to change government spending under Keynes' advice. By how much must government spending change to correct for the expenditure gap (rounded to nearest billion dollars)?
$ 22.22 billion dollars