If the MPC is 2/3, the initial impact of an increase of $12 billion in lump-sum taxes will be to cause:

A. a rightward shift in the investment demand schedule.
B. an $8 billion downshift in the consumption schedule.
C. a $4 billion upshift in the consumption schedule.
D. a $12 billion downshift in the consumption schedule.


B. an $8 billion downshift in the consumption schedule.

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