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Crowding Out

Crowding Out of Investment

  • With expansionary fiscal policy the income (GDP) ________ and the money demand (MD) will ________. This causes interest rates to ________ which makes it more expensive to take loans. This causes Investment (I) expenditure by firms to ________.


  • Crowding-out effect on investment - the offset in aggregate demand that results when expansionary fiscal policy raises the interest rate and thereby reduces investment spending.
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Crowding Out of Net Exports with a Flexible Exchange Rate


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  • When the interest rate rises from fiscal expansion (increase in government spending) it causes the domestic assets (bonds) to become ________ attractive so the domestic currency will ________. This causes net exports to ________ (get crowded out).
  • In an open economy with flexible exchange rates, expansionary fiscal policy causes ________ crowding out since both Investment and Net Exports get crowded out so the expansionary fiscal policy is ________ effective.



Expansionary Fiscal Policy with a Fixed Exchange Rate


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  • When the interest rates rise higher than the world interest rate it causes domestic assets to become ________ attractive which causes ________ foreign currency to flow in to the domestic country.
  • We exchange the foreign currency for domestic dollars at the central bank.
  • This causes domestic money supply to ________ and interest rate to ________ back to the original level.
  • Overall there is ________ crowding out of Investment or Net Exports.
  • This is why fiscal policy is more effective with a ________ exchange rate.