As lvls Flashcards
Recession
Linked with GDP, it is the negative growth of GDP for over 2 consecutive quarters.
Why do governments borrow?
Governments borrow to finance government expenditure not covered by
receipts or taxation or to finance a deficit.
Free goods
Goods that do not have any opportunity cost.
PES
Numerical measure of responsiveness of quantity supplied to change in price.
Elastic
Relative change in quantity demanded is greater than change in price, income or prices of substitutes & complements.
Inelastic
Relative change in quantity demanded is less than the change in price, income or the prices of substitutes and complements.
What makes a product elastic/inelastic
- Ease with which production can be increased or decreased
- Availability of stocks
When goods are substitutes the value would be..
Positive
Aggregate Supply
Or total output means the total supply of goods and services produced in an economy.
AS will increase..
Through increase in productivity/fall in unused resources.
Money supply
Total amount of money in an economy.
How can an increase in money supply affect AD?