Consider two alternative programs for contraction. One is the removal of an investment subsidy; the other is a rise on income tax rates. Use the IS-LM model and the investment schedule, as shown in figure 12-9, to discuss the impact of these alternative policies on income, interest rates, and investment.
In figure 12-10 the economy can move to full employment by an expansion in either money or the full-employment deficit. Which policy leads to E1 and which to E2? How would you expect the choice to be made? Who would most strongly favor moving to E1 versus E2? What policy would correspond to “balanced growth”?
In the text we describe the effect of an open market purchase by the fed.
a. Define an open market scale by the fed
b. Show the impact of an open market sale on the interest rate and output. Show both the immediate and the long-term impacts.