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Q.Define Marginal Propensity to Save (MPS).

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MPS is the fraction of a small change in income that goes into extra saving: MPS = ΔS / ΔY.

When income rises, a household saves part of the increase and spends the rest. The Marginal Propensity to Save captures the saving part of that additional income.

  • Formula: MPS = ΔS / ΔY, where ΔS is the change in saving and ΔY is the change in income.
  • Its value normally lies between 0 and 1 (a household neither saves nothing extra nor saves the whole rise).
  • MPS is the complement of the Marginal Propensity to Consume (MPC): MPS + MPC = 1, because every extra rupee of income is either consumed or saved. …

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