Relationship between GDP and Unemployment… Now lets add PL changes… This is the Aggregate Model
Aggregate Demand (AD) Shows the amount of Real GDP that the private, public and foreign sector collectively desire to purchase at each possible price level
PL GDP R Aggregate Demand Curve AD
Does AD slope downward for the same reasons that regular Demand slopes downward?
Long-Run v. Short-Run Long-Run Period of time where production cost (like labor) are able to adjust to inflation Short-Run Period of time where input prices are ‘sticky’ and do not adjust to changes in the price-level
Long-Run Aggregate Supply (LRAS) The Long-Run Aggregate Supply (LRAS) marks the level of full employment in the economy LRAS
Short-Run Aggregate Supply (SRAS) Because input prices are sticky in the short-run, the SRAS is upward sloping. SRAS
The AS/AD Model The equilibrium of AS & AD determines current output (GDP R ) and the price level (PL) GDP R PL AD SRAS
Shifts in AD and SRAS AD shifts are caused by changes in C, Ig, G, and/or Xn Increases in AD = AD Decreases In AD = AD SRAS shifts are caused by changes in production costs