c. Many people believe trade deficits are a serious problem and need to be eliminated.
(i) Explain the three actions the Fed could take to reduce the trade deficit in the U.S., and explain carefully how these actions would result in a reduced trade deficit.
(ii) What effect would these three actions from part I of the question have on GDP? Describe the effects on each of the components of aggregate demand. Include an AD/AS graphical analysis of your answer.
2. The U.S. economy experienced large trade deficits in the 1980s and 1990s and tremendous economic growth in the mid- and late-1990s.
a. Trade deficits have an effect on inflation. Explain the relationship between trade deficits and investment verbally and mathematically using the concept of the balance of payments.
b. Explain verbally the relationship between investment and long-term economic growth and describe the relationship graphically in an AD/AS graph.