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The Economic Stimulus Package
Group B: Bruce Cheng, Michael Guinn, Philip Musterman, Michelle Quach, & Brian Swink
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At Issue
Economic Stimulus Package
• a fiscal policy, monetary policy to boost Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
• addresses the problem of…
Economic Recession: • a decline in (GDP) that is successive for at least
two quarters
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Economic Trends
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Who are the decision makers?
• U.S. Congress– House of Representatives– Senate
• U.S. President– Right to veto
• Federal Reserve– Controls the interest rate
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Considerable Options• Main point - to redistribute money to consumers, so the economy
is stimulated through consumer spending• Possible Proposals
– Redistribute 168 billion USD – Tax rebates to everyone who received a paycheck in 2007 ($300-
$600/person)– Families with children would receive an additional payment of
$300 per child – Give businesses incentives to purchase new equipment such as
tax breaks – Federal Housing Administration-to insure higher-priced mortgages and
to help homeowners threatened by foreclosure – increase the size of tax payments for the working poor, increase
food stamp funds, and restore unemployment benefit extensions
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Data & Information Necessary for Model• Examine current Economic Theory• National Income and Product Accounts
– Bureau of Economic Statistics• Previous economic incentive packages, how
they were implemented and if they were successful
• Housing Sales, GDP, GNP, Inflation (CPI), Interest Rates
• Tax Information from IRS
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What Kind of Models are Necessary?
1. Macroeconomic Models– Deficit Spending Model
2. Money Generation Model
3. Federal Budgeting Model
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Deficit-Spending Model
• To encourage private expenditures, government may borrow funds from the foreign market, which increases the national deficit
• Private investment is stimulated, that increases the ability of the economy to supply output in the long run
• Variables for Model– Present consumption– Future consumption– Present Borrowing Rate– Representations of Utility Functions
• Individual’s well being (i.e. income)
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Money Generation Model
• Show how much money is being spent based on tax refund
• Based on percentage of state population affected
• Possible generation of sales– Sale tax on purchases– Businesses
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Federal Budgeting Model
• Shows the effect of refunds on the budget
• How to reallocate funds?
• Explain how refund will generate more tax revenue
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Addressing Needs in a DSS
• Eliminate/reduce unbiased results• Information Sharing within decision makers• Allow access to data and visual aids for decision
makers• Have ability to drill-down for additional
information• Compare options from model results
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Problems with Data & Analyses
• Any budgeting model is based on projections– Can’t predict the future
• The best and worst case scenarios are taken into account– What about in between?
• Data for the model comes from the IRS, Government Accounting Office – last audit claimed IRS and other gov’t. agencies did
not account for anything accurately– figures should be suspect
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Problems with Decision
• Decision to finance out of taxes or borrow– If we borrow, are we using internal funds or
international debt?
• Does not account for the long term affect– Borrowing against short-term consumption
• As a result, the question is…
*Is there a foregone use of the future?
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Questions?