Suppose that a country has no public debt in year 1 but experiences a budget deficit of

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Suppose that a country has no public debt in year 1 but experiences a budget deficit of $40 billion in year 2, a budget deficit of $20 billion in year 3, a budget surplus of $10 billion in year 3, and a budget deficit of

$2 billion in year 4. What is the absolute size of its public debt in year 4?

If its real GDP in year 4 is $104 billion, what is this country’s public debt as a percentage of real GDP in year 4?

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Macroeconomics

ISBN: 9780077337728

19th Edition

Authors: Campbell Mcconnell, Stanley Brue, Sean Flynn, Flynn Mcconnell Brue

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