CBSE 2017 Class 12 Economics Delhi Set-2

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Assuming that increase in investment is 800 crore and marginal propensity to consume is 0.8 , explain the working of multiplier.
Solution:  
The working of multiplier can be explained as follows:
We are given that the value of MPC =0.8 and also that initial increase in investment is 800 crore. This implies that with every increase of 1 in the income, people consume 0.8 part of the increased income i.e, ., people consume 0.80and Save ₹ 0.20.
 Round  Increase in Investment Δ I  Change in Income ΔY  Induced Change in Consumption ΔC  SavingsΔS
 1  800  800  640  160
 2  ──  640  512  128
 3  ──  512  409.6  102.4
 4  ──  409.6  327.68  81.92
 5  ──  327.68  264.14  65.54

The table shows that initial increase in investment of 800 will lead to a change in income by 800 in the first round. As MPC is 0.8 , so people will consume 0.8 of the increased income (i.e. 640 ), thereby saving 160. This will be termed as leakage (as it is not ploughed back into the economy).
In the next round, due to the increase in the consumption expenditure by 640, there will be an increase in income 640. The people will again spend the increased income i.e. 512 and save the rest part of the income 128.
In the third round, similarly the increased consumption expenditure of 512 will cause a change in the income by 512. They will spend a part of this income on consumption i.e., 409.6 and will save the rest of the increased income 102.4.
This process will continue and the income will go on increasing as a result of increase in consumption. The total change (Y)=4000 (approx) and the change in the investment (I) will be 800 .
k=
1
1MPC

=
Y
I

k=
1
10.8

=
Y
800

or,
1
0.2
=
Y
800

So, Y=4,000
Thus, we can observe that an initial increase in the investment by 800 crore results in increase of income and output by ₹ 4000 crore.
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