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Assume that a country's real growth is 2 percent per year, while its real deficit is rising 5 percent a year.a. Can the country continue to afford such deficits indefinitely?b. What problems might it face in the future? LO4
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The country's real growth rate is 2% per year, which means the economy's total output increases by 2% annually after adjusting for inflation. The real deficit, which is the shortfall between government revenues and expenditures after adjusting for inflation, is Show more…
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