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Identify the incorrect statements from the following:

A. In an economy, an increase in income will always lead to an equal increase in consumption.

B. Marginal propensity to consume denoted the slope of Aggregate demand curve.

C. At full employment, there is no involuntary unemployment.

D. Autonomous aggregate expenditure is sum of total consumption and investment.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

A is incorrect: since 0<MPC<10 < MPC < 1, consumption rises by less than the increase in income. D is incorrect: autonomous aggregate expenditure is the sum of autonomous consumption and autonomous investment, not total consumption and investment. B is true (MPC is the slope of the AD line) and C is true by the definition of full employment. Answer: A and D only.

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