Suppose Business Confidence Decreases Causing a Reduction in Investment

question 3

Multiple Choice

Suppose business confidence decreases causing a reduction in investment.Based on our understanding of the model presented in Chapter 3,we know with certainty that a reduction in investment will cause

• A)an increase in the multiplier.
• B)a reduction in the multiplier.
• C)a reduction in the marginal propensity to save.
• D)a reduction in consumption as the economy adjusts to this decrease in investment.

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Definitions:

Spending Multipliers

Describe the effect of a change in spending (typically by the government) on the total economic output, indicating how initial spending leads to increased levels of income and consumption.

Permanent Income

A theory suggesting that people's consumption choices are more influenced by their expected long-term average income rather than by their current income.

Consumption Spending

Expenditures by individuals and households on goods and services for personal use.

Aggregate Supply

The total supply of goods and services that firms in an economy are willing and able to sell at a given price level in a specific period.