Suppose that the government has a budget surplus of $1 trillion. What are the real interestrate. the quantity of investment, and the quantity of private saving? Is there any crowdingout in this situation? Explain
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(Related to Solved Problem 10.2 on page 329 ) The federal government in the United States has been running large budget deficits. Suppose that Congress and the president take actions that turn the budget deficits into budget surpluses. a. Use a market for loan able funds graph to illustrate the effect of the federal budget surpluses. What happens to the equilibrium real interest rate and the quantity of loan able funds? What happens to the level of saving and investment? b. Now suppose that households believe that surpluses will result in Congress and the president cutting taxes in the near future in order to move from budget surpluses to balanced budgets. As a result, households increase their consumption spending in anticipation of paying lower taxes. Briefly explain how your analysis in part (a) will be affected.
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