What would happen to output and the interest rate in our open economy IS-LM if the U.S. imposed new regulations to restrict capital inflow?
If new regulations are set in place to restrict the capital inflow in the economy, this will lead to lesser investments and thus leading to lesser output. In the IS-LM framework, LM curve is upward sloping whereas the IS curve is downward sloping. A restriction in investments will lead to a leftward shift in the IS curve from IS to IS' as shown in the diagram. The leftward shift will reduce the output from Y to Y' and a fall in market interest rate from i to i'. The equilibrium point will change from e to e' in the economy.
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