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Macro Session-10 PDF
Income-Expenditure Model
Session:10
Prof. Biswa Swarup Misra
Dean, XIMB
Discussion Points
1. Equilibrium Income
2. Consumption Function
3. Multiplier
4. Fiscal Policy
5. Limitations of Fiscal Policy
Equilibrium Output
At equilibrium output
y*, output equals
planned expenditures,
C + I.
Production
Inventories
Direction of Output
100
80
Depletion of inventories of 20
Output increases
100
120
Excess of inventories of 20
Output decreases
100
100
No change
A consumption function
for an individual
household shows the
level of consumption at
each level of household
income.
C
Y
The triple equal sign means that this equation is an identity, or something
that is always true by definition.
C = Ca + by
Ca = autonomous consumption, does
not depend on the level of income.
by = the part of consumption that is
dependent on income:
b = marginal propensity to consume
(MPC), or the fraction of additional
income that is spent.
y = level of income in the economy.
An increase in autonomous
consumption from C0a to C1a
shifts up the entire
consumption function.
Aggregate
Consumption, C
100
80
160
100
175
200
250
400
400
600
550
800
700
1,000
850
C
=
S
AGGREGATE
AGGREGATE
AGGREGATE
INCOME
CONSUMPTION
SAVING
0
100
-100
80
160
-80
100
175
-75
200
250
-50
400
400
600
550
50
800
700
100
1,000
850
150
If a firm overestimates how much it will sell in a period, it will end up with
more in inventory than it planned to have.
We will use I to refer to planned investment, not necessarily actual
investment.
Planned investment
spending is a negative
function of the interest rate.
An increase in the interest
rate from 3 percent to 6
percent reduces planned
investment from I0 to I1.
Equilibrium output is
determined where the C + I line
intersects the 45E line. At that
level of output, y*, desired
spending equals output.
Y>C+I
aggregate output > planned aggregate expenditure
C+I>Y
planned aggregate expenditure > aggregate output
Deriving the Planned Aggregate Expenditure Schedule and Finding Equilibrium. The
Figures in Column 2 Are Based on the Equation C = 100 + .75Y.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Planned
Unplanned
Aggregate
Aggregate
Inventory
Output
Aggregate
Planned
Expenditure (AE) Change
Equilibrium?
(Income) (Y) Consumption (C) Investment (I)
C+I
(Y = AE?)
Y (C + I)
100
175
25
200
100
No
200
250
25
275
75
No
400
400
25
425
25
No
500
475
25
500
Yes
600
550
25
575
+ 25
No
800
700
25
725
+ 75
No
1,000
850
25
875
+ 125
No
Adjustment to Equilibrium
The adjustment process will continue as long as output (income) is below
planned aggregate expenditure.
If firms react to unplanned inventory reductions by increasing output, an
economy with planned spending greater than output will adjust to
equilibrium, with Y higher than before.
If planned spending is less than output, there will be unplanned increases
in inventories. In this case, firms will respond by reducing output. As
output falls, income falls, consumption falls, and so on, until equilibrium
is restored, with Y lower than before.
As the Figure shows, at any level of output above Y = 500, such as Y =
800, output will fall until it reaches equilibrium at Y = 500, and at any level
of output below Y = 500, such as Y = 200, output will rise until it reaches
equilibrium at Y = 500.
a.
b.
c.
d.
a.
b.
c.
d.
There is only one value of Y for which this statement is true, and we can
find it by rearranging terms:
The equilibrium level of output is 500, as shown in Table 8.1 and Figure
8.6.
S y C
Output is determined by demand, C + I, or
y C I
Subtracting consumption from both sides of the
equation results in:
y C I
The left side shows that y C equals savings, S,
therefore:
SI
C+S=C+I
Because we can subtract C from both sides of this equation, we are left
with:
S=I
Thus, only when planned investment equals saving will there be
equilibrium.
The S = I Approach to
Equilibrium
Aggregate output is
equal to planned
aggregate expenditure
only when saving equals
planned investment (S =
I).
Saving and planned
investment are equal at Y
= 500.
An increase in government
spending leads to an increase
in output.
Multiplier for government
spending = 1/(1 MPC)
Tax multiplier
= MPC/(1 MPC)
The Multiplier
The size of the multiplier depends on the slope of the planned aggregate
expenditure line. The steeper the slope of this line, the greater the change
in output for a given change in investment.
S
MPS
Y
Because S must be equal to I for equilibrium to be restored, we can
substitute I for S and solve:
I
MPS
Y
1
Therefore, Y I
MPS
It follows that
multiplier
1
MPS
, or
multiplier
1
1 MPC
b.
c.
d.
S
Y
1
MPS
S
I
Y
1
MPS
b.
c.
d.
S
Y
1
MPS
S
I
Y
1
MPS