The american society for quality defines quality as a. how well a product fits patterns of consumer preferences. b. the degree of excellence at an acceptable price and the control of variability at an acceptable cost. c. the totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bears on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs. d. even though it cannot be defined, you know what it is.

Suppose the government enacts a stimulus program composed of $600 billion of new government spending and $300 billion of tax cuts for an economy currently producing a gdp of $14 comma 000 billion. if all of the new spending occurs in the current year and the government expenditure multiplier is 1.5, the expenditure portion of the stimulus package will add nothing percentage points of extra growth to the economy. (round your response to two decimal places.)