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If the marginal propensity to save is 0.35. What is the size of the expenditure multiplier?Provide answer to one decimal point.

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If the marginal propensity to save is 0.35.

What is the size of the expenditure multiplier?
Provide answer to one decimal point.

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Solution

The expenditure multiplier can be calculated using the formula:

Multiplier = 1 / (1 - Marginal Propensity to Consume)

However, in this case, we are given the Marginal Propensity to Save (MPS), not the Marginal Propensity to Consume (MPC). But we know that:

MPC + MPS = 1

So, we can calculate the MPC as follows:

MPC = 1 - MPS MPC = 1 - 0.35 MPC = 0.65

Now, we can calculate the multiplier:

Multiplier = 1 / (1 - MPC) Multiplier = 1 / (1 - 0.65) Multiplier = 1 / 0.35 Multiplier = 2.9

So, the size of the expenditure multiplier is 2.9.

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