Thursday, March 3, 2016

Unit 3: Disposable Income (DI) - APS &APC

Disposable Income (DI)
Definition: Income after taxes or net income.
Formula: DI = Gross Income - Taxes

Two Choices
With disposable income, households can either :
  • Consume (spend $ on goods and services)
  • Save (not spend $ on goods and services)

  1. Consumption
    • Household Spending
    • The ability to consume is constrained by:
      • The amount of disposable income
      • The propensity to consume
    • Do households consume if DI =0?
      • No
APC and APS

  • APC + APS = 1
  • 1 - APC = APS
  • 1 -  APS = APC
  • APC > 1 .: (period of dissaving)
  • -APS .: (period of dissaving)

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