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Started on Thursday, 13 April 2023, 3:11 PM
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Completed on Thursday, 13 April 2023, 3:11 PM
Time taken 27 mins 55 secs
Marks 20.00/20.00
Grade 100.00 out of 100.00
Question 1
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Suppose government expenditure in South Africa is R10 billion while autonomous consumption and investment spending are R25 billion
and R50 billion respectively. Autonomous exports are R100 billion and autonomous imports are R35 billion. Also, c = 0,85; t = 0,275 and m =
0,125. What is the equilibrium level of income in the economy? (Hint: at each step of your calculations, round off to 2 decimal places)
a. R167.5 billion
b. R295.5 billion
c. R365 billion
d. R150 billion
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Question 2
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Use a Keynesian model to calculate the answer.
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Full employment output = R80 million
Investment = R20 million
Autonomous consumption = R15 million
The marginal propensity to consume = 0,6.
The value of aggregate autonomous spending is
Answer:
35 million
Question 3
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Suppose that the economy is open and has a public sector. In the Keynesian model, we can say that …
a. a fall in autonomous consumption will raise the multiplier and decrease aggregate expenditure
b. an increase in the tax rate will increase the multiplier and raise aggregate expenditure
c. a fall in the marginal propensity of imports will raise the multiplier and aggregate expenditure will rise
d. a fall in autonomous imports will raise the multiplier and aggregate expenditure will rise.
The factors that impact the multiplier are discussed in section 7.3. of the prescribed textbook
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Question 4
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Suppose that the South African Reserve Bank decides to ______ the interest rate. The impact on the investment function is a/an _________ in
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a. lower; decrease; downward
b. raise; increase; upward
c. lower; increase; downward
d. raise; decrease; downward
See section 8.2. of the prescribed textbook.
Question 5
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Use a Keynesian model to calculate the answer.
Full employment output = R80 million
Investment = R20 million
Autonomous consumption = R15 million
The marginal propensity to consume = 0,6.
The value of the multiplier is
Answer:
2.5
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Given the following information:
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Autonomous consumption spending 50 billion
Marginal propensity to save 0.25
Investment spending 20 billion
Government spending 10 billion
What is the equilibrium level of income?
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320 billion
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