Aggregate Supply

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  • Aggregate Supply
    • Definition
      • The total goods and services that producers in an economy are willing and able to supply at a given price levels in a given period of time
    • Supply Curves
      • LRAS assumed to be vertical. Closely linked to PPC.
      • SRAS upward sloping as higher prices increase profit and expansion possibilities
        • Shows planned output when P can change
          • BUT Prices of all factor inputs are held constant
        • Starts perfectly elastic
          • Unemployment high
          • Output low
          • Lots of Spare Capacity
          • More can be supplied w/o P level increasing
          • Real GDP < Potential GDP
        • Becomes more inelastic (more unresponsive to changes in P Level)
          • Diminishing Return
            • Less productive labour and machinery so cost of production increases
        • At Yfc, producers are producing at full capacity
      • Shifts in SRAS
        • Main causes = changes in P of F.O.P
          • Change in P of raw materials affects firms costs
            • Can be affected by worsened exchange rates
          • Change in fiscal policy relation tax and subsidies also effects producers costs
            • Increased tax = inward shift
    • Long Run AS
      • Supply Side Policies improve long term economic performance
      • LRAS assumed to be separate from P level
        • Determined by productivity of F.O.P
    • AD>AS and economy cannot cope
      • inflationary pressure if economy at full employment
      • Anything that shifts AD or AS will shift macroeconomic equilibrium
    • Circular Flow of Income
      • Shows movement of spending and income throughout the economy
      • Leakages
        • Taxes
        • Savings
        • Spending on imports
        • At Macroeconomic Equilibrium: leakages = injections so output isn't changing
      • Injections
        • Investment
        • Gov Spending
        • Exports
        • At Macroeconomic Equilibrium: leakages = injections so output isn't changing
    • The Multiplier Effect
      • initial injection will have much greater effect on final AD rise
        • Assumes spare capacity for extra output
      • Elasticity of SRAS determines ME

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