Income and Expenditure - Consumer Spending - Current Disposable Income and Consumer Spending

7 important questions on Income and Expenditure - Consumer Spending - Current Disposable Income and Consumer Spending

What is the equation that represents the relationship between disposable income and consumer spending. And what is its formula?

the individual consumption function
C=ac+ MPC*yd
where 
the lower case indicated that it is for an individual houseld
C is the individual consumer spending
ac is the autonomous consumer spending and ac is greater than zero
yd is the individual household disposable income

Why do assume that autonomous consumer spending as greater than zero even though there is expenditure?

This is because a household with no disposable income is able to fund some consumption by borrowing and saving.

Cahnge in consupmtion foor an individual household formula?

Is the MPC * change in individual household disposable income
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What is the slope of a consumption function

Change on c/ change in yd
it is upward sloping?

Why is the consumption function upward sloping

It is upward sloping showing that housholds with higher surrent disposable income had higher consumer spending.

What is the Macroeconomic realtionship between disposable income and consumer spending

The Aggregate consumption function

How does the aggregate consumption function differe from the normal consumption function? Formula?

The aggregate consumption function applies for the economy as a whole
C= AC +MPC* YD
where 
the UPPER case indicated that it is for the whole economy
C is the aggregate consumer spending
AC is the autonomous consumer spending and AC is greater than zero or the amount of consumer spending when YD =0
YD is the aggregate disposable income

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