Chapter 9 Flashcards
Key component of aggregate demand/supply model
LRAS
An increase in economy’s potential output
Economic growth
What does economy need to produce?
Human resource or labor, physical resources or capital
If business spends more on plants and equipment what happens?
Economies growth rate expands
Model is used to
Simplify complicated reality and visualize it in order to understand it and make prediction
Unemployment is —— related to output
Inversely
What is aggregate demand or expenditures?
government
Consumption
Investment or business spending
Net exports
Increase in price level decreases the real value of money balances which makes us want to spend less on goods and services
Real balance wealth effect
Inverse relationship with total expenditures
Interest rate -when prices increase interest rates tend to increase
Open economy- domestic price rise relative to rat of world reduce exports
Cause increase in aggregate demand
Increase money circulation Increase security about jobs and future income Improvements in economic conditions A reduction in real interest rates A drop in foreign exchange dollar
Price where AD intersects LRAS
Long run equilibrium
Two situations that result in inflation
Decrease LRAS
Increase in AD
The price level is set by
AD