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Aggregate Demand (AD): the economy-wide demand for goods and services. Aggregate demand curve relates aggregate expenditure for goods and services to the price level The aggregate demand curve slopes downward owing to price-level effects : Wealth Effect (Real Wealth/Real Balances)
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Aggregate Demand (AD): the economy-wide demand for goods and services. • Aggregate demand curve relates aggregate expenditure for goods and services to the price level • The aggregate demand curve slopes downward owing to price-level effects: • Wealth Effect (Real Wealth/Real Balances) • Interest Rate Effect • International Trade Effect (Substitution)
Why the Aggregate Demand Curve Slopes Downward: Wealth Effect
The Aggregate Demand Curve Changes in the price level result in changes in quantity demanded.
Factors that Affect AD AD = C + I + G + NX • Government Spending • Net Exports • Domestic & Foreign Income • Domestic & Foreign Prices • Exchange Rates • Government Policy • Consumption • Income • Wealth • Interest Rates • Expectations • Demongraphics • Taxes • Investment • Interest Rates • Technology • Cost of Capital Goods • Capacity Utilization
Effects of a Change in Aggregate Demand Demand-pull inflation: rapid increases in AD outpaces the growth of AS price level up (inflation).