Aggregate Suppy (AS) Flashcards
Factos affecting AS?
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T
S
W
C
Pints wc meaning?
Productivity
Indirect taxes
Number of firms
Technology
Subsidies
Weather
Cost of production
What is aggregate supply?
The quantity of goods/services that supplies in an economy are willing/able to supply (at a given price/time period)
What does the AS CURVE slope upwards?
As the higher the price level, the more profitable the output.
How does price level signal businesses?
Price level signals businesses to expand/contract production.
Difference between LRAS AND SRAS?
SRAS- output economy can generate in a short term
LRAS-maximum output an economy can produce at a sustainable level
Position of aggregate supple curve is due to ……
The cost of production
Name for factors that affect cost of production.
Shocks(can happen over night)
Shocks that affect cost of production?
1)wages
2)raw materials
3)oil prices
4)import taxes
what affects LRAS?
1)Labour productivity 4)Labour force size
2)investments. 5)competition
3)Infrastructure