Chapter 11 Flashcards
Draw short and long run economic growth
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Define demand side
Impact of changes in aggregate demand on the economy
Draw short run economic growth portrayed by rightward shifts of AD
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Define supply side
Changes in potential output of the economy
Example of supply side
Change in decreasing wages, resulting in more supply
Define trend growth rate
Long run growth rate, output can grow on a sustained basis without putting upward or downward pressure on inflation(annual average percentage)
Define economic cycle
Upswing and downswing in aggregate economic activity
What causes short run economic growth
Increase in AD (demand side)
What causes long run economic growth
Supply side of , increase in factors of production
Costs of economic growth
- Uses up finite resources
- Leads to pollution
- Destroy cultures and communities
- Urbanisation
- Rapid growth in pop leads to more mouths to feed
Benefits of economic growth
- increases standards of living
- Increase people’s life expectancy/
- virtuous cycle (business confidence such as)
Does economic growth increase international competitiveness
Yes
Draw an economic cycle
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What is actual output
Round the trend like which is the real level of output produced by an economy
Cause of changes in phases of economic cycle
-Fluctuations of AD (Demand side factors)
-Supply side factors
-Outside shocks
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Two main ways of changes in economic activity
- seasonal (by seasons)
- cyclical (years)
What else apart from GDP can be used to measure phases of the economic cycle
-employment
Define positive and negative output gap
Positive output gap- level of actual real output greater than trend
Negative output gap- level of actual real output lower than trend