Question

In Opulencia, the marginal propensity to save is only 0.10. In an effort to promote the virtues of saving, the government starts a campaign encouraging citizens to increase their marginal propensity to save to 0.20. How would this greater saving affect the impact of the multiplier?

A) The multiplier rises, making spending more powerful.
B) The multiplier falls, making spending less powerful.
C) The multiplier stays the same.
D) The multiplier will disappear altogether.

Answer 1

B) The multiplier falls, making spending less powerful.

Step-by-step explanation:

As we know that the multiplier refers to a factor where the changes with respect to increase or decrease of another things is to be seen.

Also,

MPS + MPC = 1

And,

Multiplier = 1 ÷ (1 - MPC)

or

= 1 ÷ MPS

In addition to this, MPS has the negative relationship with the multiplier

that means if the MPS increased then the multiplier decreased and vice versa

Therefore the option B is correct