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Chapter 24

Chapter 24. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply. The Aggregate Demand Curve. When price level rises, money demand curve shifts rightward. Consequently, interest rate is higher, given fixed money supply. Then, aggregate expenditure decreases (AE line shifts downward).

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Chapter 24

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  1. Chapter 24 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

  2. The Aggregate Demand Curve • When price level rises, money demand curve shifts rightward. • Consequently, interest rate is higher, given fixed money supply. • Then, aggregate expenditure decreases (AE line shifts downward). • As a result, the equilibrium GDP becomes lower. So, a rise in price level causes a decrease in equilibrium GDP. The aggregate demand curve shows the negative relationship between price levels and equilibrium real GDP.

  3. Figure 1: Deriving the Aggregate Demand Curve

  4. Understanding the AD Curve • Each point on the AD curve represents a short-run equilibrium in economy • The AD curve is different from a demand curve for one particular product

  5. Movements of the AD Curve • Moving along the AD curve whenever price level changes. • When anything other than price level cause equilibrium GDP to change, the AD curve shifts. • Government purchasing • Taxes • Autonomous consumption spending • Investment spending • Net exports • Money supply • Expectations

  6. Figure 2: A Spending Shock Shifts the AD Curve

  7. Costs and Prices • To understand how macroeconomic events affect the price level, we assume • A firm sets price of its products as a markup over cost per unit • So, in the short-run, price level rises when there is an economy-wide increase in unit costs • Labor costs • Costs of natural resources • How an increase in output level raises the price level? • As output increases, demand for inputs rises. • As unit cost increases, price level ( assumed as a markup over unit cost) rises.

  8. Figure 3: The Aggregate Supply Curve

  9. Movements of the AS Curve • When price level changes due to a change in real GDP, the change happens along the AS curve • When the change of price level is caused by any factor other than real GDP, the AS curve shifts • Oil prices • Weather • Technological change • Nominal wage

  10. AS 2 Price 140 L Level AS 1 100 A 10 Real GDP ($ Trillions) Figure 4: Shifts of the Aggregate Supply Curve

  11. Figure 5: Short-Run Macroeconomic Equilibrium

  12. Price AS Level 130 H J 100 E AD 2 AD 1 12 13.5 10 Real GDP ($ Trillions) Figure 6: The Effect of a Demand Shock

  13. An Increase in Government Purchases • When G , AD curve shifts rightward. As a result, real GDP , given price level is fixed • However, when real GDP , unit cost , so price level • Furthermore, as price level , Md and interest rate , which causes aggregate expenditure to decrease • In the end, real GDP increases by less than horizontal shift in AD curve

  14. An Increase in the Money Supply • Can you demonstrate how an increase in the money supply affects the real equilibrium GDP?

  15. Demand Shocks • A positive demand shock—shifts AD curve rightward • Increases both real GDP and price level in short-run • A negative demand shock—shifts AD curve leftward • Reduces both real GDP and price level in short-run

  16. Examples • The Great Depression 1929 – 1933 • Negative demand shocks • Oil Crisis 1973 (began on October 17) • Negative supply shocks

  17. Demand Shocks: Adjusting to the Long-Run • In short-run, wage rate is treated as given. • But in long-run, wage rate can change. • When output is above full employment, wage rate will rise, shifting AS curve upward • When output is below full employment, wage rate will fall, shifting AS curve downward

  18. AS 2 Price Long-Run AS Curve Level P K 4 AS 1 J P 3 P H 2 P 1 E AD 2 AD Y Y 1 3 2 Y Real GDP FE Figure 7: The Long-Run Adjustment Process After A Positive Demand Shock

  19. Figure 8: Long-Run Adjustment After A Negative Demand Shock

  20. Figure 9: The Effect of a Supply Shock

  21. More examples • 1990-91 recession • Oil supplies and price of oil • 2001 recession • Money supply and interest rate

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