You are appointed secretary of the treasury of a recently independent country called Rugaria. The currency of
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You are appointed secretary of the treasury of a recently independent country called Rugaria. The currency of Rugaria is the lav.
The new nation began fiscal operations this year, and the budget situation is that the government will spend 10 million lavs and taxes will be 9 million lavs. The 1-million-lav difference will be borrowed from the public by selling 10-year government bonds paying 5 percent interest. The interest on the outstanding bonds must be added to spending each year, and we assume that additional taxes are raised to cover that interest. Assuming that the budget stays the same except for the interest on the debt for 10 years, what will be the accumulated debt? What will the size of the budget be after 10 years?
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Principles Of Macroeconomics
ISBN: 9780374146412
10th Edition
Authors: Karl E. Case, Ray C Fair, Sharon C Oster