Find the Largest Nominal Deficit That the Government Can Run

Essay

Find the largest nominal deficit that the government can run without raising the debt-GDP ratio,under each of the following sets of assumptions:
(a)Suppose that real GDP is 20,000 and remains constant,nominal GDP is initially 30,000,inflation is 4%,and the debt-GDP ratio is 1.2.
(b)Suppose that nominal GDP growth is 5% and outstanding nominal debt is 1500.