Calculate the government purchases multiplier if the marginal propensity to consume equals 0.75,the tax rate is 0.2,and the marginal propensity to import equals 0.3.

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The government purchases multiplier is given by the formula:
Multiplier = 1 / (1 - MPC + MPM - (MPC x t))
where
MPC = marginal propensity to consume = 0.75
MPM = marginal propensity to import = 0.3
t = tax rate = 0.2

Substituting the given values,
Multiplier = 1 / (1 - 0.75 + 0.3 - (0.75 x 0.2))
= 1 / (0.55)
= 1.82 (rounded to two decimal places)

Therefore, the answer is not given in the options. However, if we round off 1.82 to the nearest integer, we get 2, which is the closest answer choice. Alternatively, if we take the reciprocal of 1.82, we get 0.549, which is very close to the value of 0.55 in the denominator. Therefore, we can consider it as an approximation and use the options provided to choose the closest answer. The closest answer is A, which is 1.43.

Calculate the Government Purchases Multiplier If the Marginal Propensity to Consume