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Macroeconomics 20th Edition by Campbell McConnell ,Stanley Brue ,Sean Flynn

Edition 20ISBN: 978-0077660772
book Macroeconomics 20th Edition by Campbell McConnell ,Stanley Brue ,Sean Flynn cover

Macroeconomics 20th Edition by Campbell McConnell ,Stanley Brue ,Sean Flynn

Edition 20ISBN: 978-0077660772
Exercise 4
True or false? If false, explain why.
a. The total public debt is more relevant to an economy than the public debt as a percentage of GDP.
b. An internally held public debt is like a debt of the left hand owed to the right hand.
c. The Federal Reserve and federal government agencies hold more than three-fourths of the public debt.
d. The portion of the U.S. debt held by the public (and not by government entities) was larger as a percentage of GDP in 2012 than it was in 2000.
e. As a percentage of GDP, the total U.S. public debt is the highest such debt among the world's advanced industrial nations.
Explanation
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This statement is false. Although pu...

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