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I think (3) is a very important and debatable point. Important because, as you mentioned, there is a very large difference in marginal propensity to consume be
by alexpetralia 10y ago
I think (3) is a very important and debatable point.
Important because, as you mentioned, there is a very large difference in marginal propensity to consume between 'hand-to-mouth' consumers and savers - this affects the velocity of money and GDP. Debatable because at the zero-lower bound, how much effect the Fed really have is very much in question (see: excess reserves at https://goo.gl/NQG2O5 https://goo.gl/NQG2O5).
I personally would disagree - money funneled to creditors rather than in the hands of consumers is more harmful to the economy than the reverse, but is that money passed to capitalists (low consumption) or used for business investment (high investment)? That being said, consumption is about 70% of GDP.