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Crowding out influence

What is the crowding out influence and why might it be relevant to fiscal policy?  

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The crowding-out effect is the decrease in investment spending caused through the increase in interest rates arising from an rise in government spending, financed by borrowing. The raise in G was designed to rise AD but the resulting rise in interest rates may decrease I. Therefore the impact of the expansionary fiscal policy may be decreased

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