宏观经济学课件：3 growth and saving11.pptVIP

美国目前累计债务高达14.8万亿美元。国会两党就提高美国债务上限发生纠纷，直到今年8月份的最后一刻达成协议，避免了美国政府前所未有的债务违约，但纠纷强化了全球对美国债务危机的担心，美国主权信用评级首次遭降。 现在美国国会已组成“超级委员会”，试图在感恩节之前的11月23日就今后10年进一步削减1.2万亿美元财赤达成协议，否则就从2013年起启动自动削减医疗照顾和联邦部门开支的程序。 美国国会两党就如何削减财赤存在严重分歧。奥巴马总统提出的4470亿美元就业法案，日前遭到国会共和党人的封杀。两党就是否应该给富人加税，经济仍低迷时是否应当继续扩大开支以刺激经济，存在严重分歧。 /news/world/201310/01a3e589-5f7a-4278-bb1c-a0d8381ede18.shtml 美国政府关门 /show/U-B0X0VPsuvx-dcBuA-gLg...html?ptag=vsogou 美国债务违约 15min Multiple choice 3 1. In a closed economy, national saving equals a. investment. b. income minus the sum of consumption and government expenditures. c. private saving plus public saving. d. All of the above are correct. 2. Suppose that in a closed economy GDP is equal to 8,000, Taxes are equal to 2,000, Consumption equals 5,000, and Government expenditures equal 1,000. What is national saving? a. 0 b. 2000 c. 3000 d. None of the above are correct. 3. A budget deficit is created when the government a. buys back more bonds than it issues. b. spends more than it receives in tax revenue. c. receives more tax revenue than it spends. d. None of the above are correct. 4. A higher interest rate induces people to a. save more, so the demand for loanable funds slopes upward. b. save less, so the demand for loanable funds slopes downward. c. invest more so the demand for loanable funds slopes upward. d. invest less so the demand for loanable funds slopes downward. 5. If the government increased the tax on interest income, investment a. would rise. b. would be unaffected. c. would fall. d. could rise, fall, or remain unchanged. 6. A government budget deficit a. increases private savings and national saving. b. increases public savings but reduces national saving. c. reduces private saving, but increases national saving. d. reduces both public and national saving. 7. The fall in investment due to government borrowing is called a. the reverse equity premium. b. crowding out. c. the reshuffle effect. d. the Ricardian Principle.