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MC = $150 + 0.005Q
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Consider two large open economies, the home economy and the foreign economy. In the home country the following relationships hold:
Desired consumption, Cd = 320 + 0.4(F – T) – 200rw;
Desired investment, Id = 150 – 200rw;
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Access the department of Finance website at www.fin.gc.ca. “Follow the link “Economic and Fiscal Info” to the Fiscal Reference Tables. Open the latest issue of the Fiscal Reference Tables and find the table providing data on actual and cyclically adjusted