I'm doing economics homework and I'm having trouble findong the MPC. In this particular problem, consumers' disposable income increased by $525 billion and their spending increased by $283 billion

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I'm doing economics homework and I'm having trouble findong the MPC. In this particular problem, consumers' disposable income increased by $525 billion and their spending increased by $283 billion. 

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The marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is a concept in economics that refers to the increase in consumer spending that occurs in response to a small increase in disposable income. In other words, it is the fraction of an additional dollar of income that a consumer will spend on goods and services, rather than saving.

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