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If the government increases spending and raises taxes by just enough to finance this increase it will ?

Correct answer: B. increase output

  • A. leave output unchanged
  • B. increase output
  • C. reduce output
  • D. increase the MPC

Explanation

The balanced-budget multiplier is one: an equal increase in government spending and taxes raises output by the amount of the spending increase, because spending has a stronger direct effect than taxation has initially.

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