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At the beginning of year one, there is no government debt outstanding. The government runs a $100 billion deficit in year one. Interest at a nominal rate of 10% must be paid starting in year two. Assume nominal GDP in year one is $2000 billion and the nominal growth rate of GDP is 4%. Assume the government balances its primary budget in the future and the interest rate and growth rate do not change.
(a)   What will be the government deficit in years two, three, four, and five?
(b)   What will be the value of government bonds outstanding at the end of the fifth year?
(c)   What will be the debt-GDP ratio at the end of year five?
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8 years ago
(a)   $10, $11, $12.1, $13.31 (all in billions)
(b)   $146.41 billion
(c)   0.0626
johnpaul92 Author
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8 years ago
This is incredible, wasn't expecting anyone to answer this one
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