Chapter Fifteen1 A PowerPoint  Tutorial to Accompany macroeconomics, 5th ed. N. Gregory Mankiw Mannig J. Simidian ® CHAPTER FIFTEEN Government Debt.

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Chapter Fifteen1 A PowerPoint  Tutorial to Accompany macroeconomics, 5th ed. N. Gregory Mankiw Mannig J. Simidian ® CHAPTER FIFTEEN Government Debt

Chapter Fifteen2 What is the government debt and the annual budget deficit? Annual Deficit (2002) Annual Deficit (2001) Annual Deficit (2000) Annual Deficit (1999) Annual Deficit (1998) Annual Deficit (1997) The government debt is an accumulation of all past annual deficits. In 2001, the debt of the U.S. federal government was $3.2 trillion. When a government spends more than it collects in taxes, it borrows from the private sector to finance the budget deficit.

Chapter Fifteen3 Modifies the real value of outstanding public debt to reflect current inflation. Subtracts government assets from government debt. Includes hidden liabilities that currently escape detection in the accounting system. Calculates a cyclically-adjusted budget deficit (based on estimates of what government spending and tax revenue would be if the economy were operating at its natural rate of output and employment). The government budget deficit equals government spending minus government revenue, which in turn equals the amount of new debt the government needs to issue to finance its operations. A meaningful deficit… Problems in Measurement

Chapter Fifteen4 How would a tax cut and budget deficit affect the economy and the economic well-being of the country? From Chapter 3, a tax cut stimulates consumer spending and reduces national saving. The reduction in saving raises the interest rate, which crowds out investment. From Chapter 7, the Solow growth model shows that lower investment leads to a lower steady-state capital stock and lower output. From Chapter 8, we know that the economy will then have less capital than the Golden Rule steady-state which will mean lower consumption and lower economic well-being. Using Chapter 10-11,we can analyze the short-run impact of the policy change via the IS-LM model. Using Chapters 5 and 12, we can see how international trade affects this policy change. When national saving falls, people borrow from abroad, causing a trade deficit. It also causes the dollar to appreciate. The Mundell-Fleming model shows that the appreciation and the resulting fall in net exports reduce the short-run expansionary effect of the fiscal change. The Traditional View of Government Debt

Chapter Fifteen5 The Ricardian View of Government Debt Forward-looking consumers perceive that lower taxes now mean higher taxes later, leaving consumption unchanged. “Tax cuts are simply tax postponements.” When the government borrows to pay for its current spending (higher G), rational consumers look ahead to the future taxes required to support this debt. -  T, +  G +  T later +  T later

Chapter Fifteen6 Consumers and Future Taxes The essence of the Ricardian view is that when people choose their consumption, they rationally look ahead to the future taxes implied by government debt. But, how forward-looking are consumers? Defenders of the traditional view of government debt believe that the prospect of future taxes does not have as large an influence on current consumption as the Ricardian view assumes. Here are some of their arguments.

Chapter Fifteen7 Myopic (short-sighted) Consumers Proponents of the Ricardian view assume that people are rational when making decisions such as choosing how much of their income to consume and how much to save. When the government borrows to pay for current spending, rational consumers look ahead to anticipate the future taxes required to support this debt. One argument for the traditional view is that people are myopic, meaning that they see a decrease in taxes in such a way that their current consumption increases because of this new “wealth.” They don’t see that when expansionary fiscal policy is financed through bonds, they will just have to pay more taxes in the future since bonds are just a tax-postponements.

Chapter Fifteen8 Borrowing Constraints The Ricardian view of government debt assumes that consumers base their spending not only on current but on their lifetime income, which includes both current and expected future income. Advocates of the traditional view of government debt argue that current consumption is more important than lifetime income for those consumers who face borrowing constraints, which are limits on how much an individual can borrow from financial institutions. A person who wants to consume more than his current income must borrow. If he can’t borrow to finance his current consumption, his current income determines what he can consume, regardless of his future income. In this case, a debt-financed tax cut raises current income and thus consumption, even though future income is lower. In essence, when a government cuts current taxes and raises future taxes, it is giving tax payers a loan.

Chapter Fifteen9 Balanced Budgets Versus Optimal Fiscal Policy Most economists oppose a strict rule requiring the government to balance the budget. There are three reasons why optimal fiscal policy may at times call for a budget deficit or surplus: 1) Stabilization 2) Tax Smoothing 3) Intergenerational redistribution

Chapter Fifteen10 Stabilization A budget deficit or surplus can help stabilize the economy. A balanced budget rule would revoke the automatic stabilizing powers of the system of taxes and transfers. When the economy goes into a recession, tax receipts fall, and transfers automatically rise. Although these automatic responses help stabilize the economy, they push the budget into deficit. A strict balanced budget rule would require that the government raise taxes or reduce spending in a recession, but these actions would further depress aggregate demand.

Chapter Fifteen11 Tax Smoothing A budget deficit or surplus can be used to reduce the distortion of incentives caused by the tax system. High tax rates impose a cost on society by discouraging economic activity. Because this disincentive is so costly at particularly high tax rates, the total social cost of taxes is minimized by keeping tax rates relatively stable rather than making them high in some years and low in others. This policy is called tax smoothing. To keep tax rates smooth, a deficit is necessary in years of unusually low income or unusually high expenditure.

Chapter Fifteen12 Intergenerational Redistribution A budget deficit can be used to shift a tax burden from current to future generations. For example, some economists argue that if the current generation fights a war to maintain freedom, future generations benefit as well, and should therefore bear some of the burden. To pass on the war’s costs, the current generation can finance the war with a budget deficit. The government can later retire that debt by raising taxes on the next generation.

Chapter Fifteen13 Fiscal Effects on Monetary Policy One way for a government to finance a budget deficit is to print money-- a policy that leads to higher inflation. When countries experience hyperinflation, the typical reason is that fiscal policymakers are relying on the inflation tax to pay for some of their spending. The ends of hyperinflation almost always coincide with fiscal reforms that include large cuts in government spending and therefore a reduced need for seigniorage.

Chapter Fifteen14 Capital budgeting Cyclically adjusted budget deficit Ricardian equivalence Capital budgeting Cyclically adjusted budget deficit Ricardian equivalence