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Economic Stimulus Bill Hurt's Economy

Economic Stimulus Bill Hurt's Economy The Congressional Budget Office has reported the Economic Stimulus Bill pushed by Pres. Obama will actually hurt the US Economy and lower GDP in the long run: Most of the budgetary effects of the Senate legislation would occur over the next few years. Even if the fiscal stimulus persisted, however, the short-run effects on output that operate by increasing demand for goods and services would eventually fade away. In the long run, the economy produces close to its potential output on average, and that potential level is determined by the stock of productive capital, the supply of labor, and productivity. Short-run stimulative policies can affect long-run output by influencing those three factors, although such effects would generally be smaller than the short-run impact of those policies on demand. In contrast to its positive near-term macroeconomic effects, the Senate legislation would reduce output slightly in the long run, CBO estimates, as