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Absorption (a):
a = c + inv + g + imp
Attention:
• Fiddling with government expenditures will affect private consumption
and vice-versa.
• Taxing people to death will also impact national income.
Policy implications (2)
Attention:
• Fiddling with imports is futile if total income and absorption remain the
same.
• Trade barriers trigger retaliations
• Foreign exchange intervention often do not work.
Summary