Suppose that consumer spending initially rises by $5 billion for every 1 percent rise in household wealth
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Suppose that consumer spending initially rises by $5 billion for every 1 percent rise in household wealth and that investment spending initially rises by $20 billion for every 1 percentage point fall in the real interest rate. Also assume that the economy’s multiplier is 4. If household wealth falls by 5 percent because of declining house values, and the real interest rate falls by 2 percentage points, in what direction and by how much will the aggregate demand curve initially shift at each price level? In what direction and by how much will it eventually shift?
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Macroeconomics
ISBN: 9780077337728
19th Edition
Authors: Campbell Mcconnell, Stanley Brue, Sean Flynn, Flynn Mcconnell Brue
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