Chapter 14: Recessions, Expansions, and the Debate Over How to Manage Them Flashcards

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Short term economic downturns typically characterized by declines in real GDP growth and increases in the unemployment rate

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Recessions

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Recessions are caused by:

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(1) Declines in AD
(2) Declines in SRAS
(3) Declines in LRAS structure

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In the long run, __________________ adjusts to bring the economy back to equilibrium

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Short Run Aggregate Supply

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Declines in Aggregate Demand lead to:

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Deflation

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Declines in aggregate supply can be caused by shifts in both _________ and __________ aggregate curves.

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(1) Long run

(2) Short run

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Recessions caused by SRAS shifts occur when __________.

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Input Costs Rise

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Great Recessions

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  • Longer in length than other recessions
  • Deeper in effects than other recessions
  • Significant problem in the financial market, similar to what happened during the Great Depression
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Official # of months in the recession?

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18 months

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How many years to recover from recession?

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4 years

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Long Run Aggregate Supply fell in the great recession due to:

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(1) An institutional breakdown in the loanable funds market associated with the housing boom
(2) New federal regulations on banks in response to the breakdown

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Result of the institutional breakdown in the loanable funds market?

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  • Real estate values fell in 2007
  • Mortgage backed security problems
  • FED stepped in, in both ways and levels previously verboten
  • Dodd’s Frank Act was placed
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The primary regulatory response to the financial turmoil that contributed to the Great Recession

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Dodd’s Frank Act

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Effects of the Dodd’s Frank Act?

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Increased consolidation in the banking industry

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Aggregate demand declined during the great recession. It was affected by the:

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(1) Decrease in wealth (stocks, bonds, real estate)

(2) Decrease in expected income

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Great Recession in Numbers:

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Pre Recession (Second Quarter of 2007):

  • Unemployment was below 5%
  • Real GDP was growing at 3.6%

Fourth Quarter of 2008 (During the Recession):

  • Unemployment was 10%
  • Real GDP declined at an annual rate of 8.9%

In 2012 (recession officially over):

  • Real GDP was growing at a rate of less than 2%
  • Unemployment remained at 8%
  • World financial institutions remained fragile
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Aftermath of Great Recession

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Led to a permanent loss of real GDP that the U.S. economy may never recover

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What were the main catalysts of the Great Recession when it began in Decemeber 2007?

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Falling real estate prices

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Great Depression Statistics:

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  • Economy contracted by 30% from 1929 to 1933
  • It took 7 years for real GDP to return to its pre recession level
  • Unemployment was 2.2% in 1929 and 25% in 1933
  • The unemployment rate was 15% for almost the entire decade of 1930’s
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Unemployment comparison between Great Depression and Great Recession

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  • The unemployment rate during the Great Depression reached 25% and stayed at 15% ten years after it started
  • At it highest point, the unemployment rate in the Great Recession was 10%
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Great Depression Unique Conditions:

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(1) Was two separate recessions (1929-1933 and 1937-1938)

(2) Prices across the economy fell throughout the decade. Deflation!

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What was the primary cause of the great depression?

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Decrease in aggregate demand

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The Great Depression was caused by a decline in aggregate demand which was driven by:

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(1) Decline in real wealth
(2) Decline in consumer and business confidence
(3) Three significantly flawed macroeconomic policies

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Three significantly flawed macroeconomic policies during the Great Depression:

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(1) Decrease money supply
(2) Increase taxes
(3) Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act

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Encompasses governmental acts that influence the macroeconomy.

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Macroeconomic Policy

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Two Types of Macroeconomic Policy:
(1) Fiscal Policy | (2) Monetary Policy
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Comprises the use of government's budget tools to influence the macroeconomy
Fiscal Policy
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Involves adjusting the money supply to influence the macroeconomy (decrease money supply)
Monetary Policy
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Mistakes with the Fiscal Policy:
(1) They increased taxes in attempt to balance the federal government's budget (2) They passed a deeply protectionist trade bill called the Smoot Hawley Tariff Act (a prohibitive tariff)
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Mistakes with the Monetary Policy:
(1) The central bank (the FED) decreased the money supply
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Classical Economics
- Adjustment towards long run equilibrium will happen naturally - Prices are flexible and must be allowed to adjust - Let the economy go and the market will correct itself
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Keynesian Economics
- Adjustment will be long and occur unpredictably with many delays - Prices are sticky - Call for government interventions in the market
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Classical Economics believes the government is _______.
Self Correcting
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Policies of Classical Economics:
(1) Pro-market, laissez faire (2) No significant role for government intervention in macroeconomic policy (3) Focus on long-run growth
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John Maynard Keynes
- British economist - The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money - Theory of persistent cyclical unemployment - Believed that wages are sticky downwards meaning that wages, by their nature, are very reluctant to ever decrease, even during terrible economic conditions - High wages prevent labor markets reaching equilibrium and restoring full employment, creating a prolonged recession