Suppose that the economy is operating in full-employment equilibrium along the vertical section of the aggregate supply curve. If the aggregate demand curve is reduced by $100 billion in order for the price level to decline by 5 percent, and if the marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is 0.75, then what change in taxes would generate the desired price reduction?
a. $300 billion.
b. -$75 billion.
c. -$33.3 billion.
d. -$25 billion.
c
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