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Chapter 7
Aggregate Demand - Aggregate Supply
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Economics
Undergraduate 2
03/27/2011

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Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply
Definition
the macroeconomic model that uses aggregate demand and aggregate supply to determine and explain the price level and level of real domestic output.
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aggregate deman
Definition
a schedule or curve that shows the total quanitty of goods and services demanded (purchased) at different price levels.
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determinants of aggregate demand
Definition
factors that shift the aggregate demand curve when they change
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exchange rates
Definition
the prices of foreign currencies in terms of one's own currency.
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aggregate supply
Definition
a schedule or curve that shows the total quantity of goods and services supplied (produced) at different price levels.
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immediate-short-run-aggregate supply curve
Definition
the aggregate supply curve associated with a period of time in which neither input nor output prices respond to changes in the level of spending or production.
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short-run aggregate supply curve
Definition
an aggregate supply curve relevant to a time period in which output prices are flexible, but input prices are sticky.
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long-run aggregate supply curve
Definition
the aggregate supply curve associated with a period of time in which both input and output prices are fully flexible.
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determinants of aggregate supply
Definition
factors that shift the aggregate supply curve when they change.
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Equilibrium Price Level
Definition
the price level at which the aggregate demand curve and the aggregate supply curve intersect.
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Equilibrium real output
Definition
the level of real GDP at which the aggregate demand curve and aggregate supply curve intersect.
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Multiplier
Definition
the ratior of a change in GDP to an initial change in spending
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Productivity
Definition
a measure of real output per unit of input
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