1) Aggregate demand is the total demand for goods and services in an economy, including household spending, investment spending, government spending, exports and imports.
2) A rise in the price level causes aggregate demand to contract as real incomes fall, exports become less competitive, and interest rates may rise.
3) Shifts in aggregate demand, caused by factors like fiscal policy changes, monetary policy changes, or external economic events, impact the overall level of output in an economy.
Aggregate demand is the total planned expenditure in an economy at a given price level. It is composed of consumption (C), investment (I), government spending (G), and net exports (X-M). Each component is influenced by various economic factors - consumption depends on disposable income and credit availability, investment depends on interest rates and profit levels, government spending depends on public opinion and the state of the economy, and net exports depend on domestic and foreign income and exchange rates. Changes in any component will cause the aggregate demand curve to shift right for an increase or left for a decrease on a graph with real output on the x-axis and price level on the y-axis.
This document discusses aggregate demand, which is the total planned spending on goods and services in an economy. It has four main components: consumer spending, investment spending, government spending, and net exports. Changes in aggregate demand are caused by factors like monetary policy, fiscal policy, business and consumer confidence, and external economic conditions. A rise in aggregate demand leads to increased output and employment as the economy expands along the aggregate demand curve, while a fall in aggregate demand causes contraction. The document examines how each of the components and various demand-side factors can influence aggregate demand in the UK economy.
It shows the meaning of aggregate demand and aggregate supply. Why aggregate demand curve downward slopping? Show the Short run and Long run Aggregate demand aggregate supply.
Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply and Curvesshahroze11
The document discusses aggregate demand and aggregate supply. It defines aggregate demand as the total demand for final goods and services in an economy at a given time and price level. The key components of aggregate demand are consumption, investment, government spending, exports and imports. It also discusses how aggregate demand is downward sloping. The document then defines aggregate supply as the total supply of goods and services in an economy. It describes how the aggregate supply curve slopes upward in the short-run but is vertical in the long-run.
Okun's Law describes the relationship between unemployment and economic output, where a 1% increase in unemployment is associated with a 2% decrease in output relative to potential output. The document discusses how Okun's Law has been calculated for the United States, with unemployment 1% above the natural rate leading to output falling 2% below potential. It also notes that while unemployment is above the natural rate in Ghana, causing output to fall below potential there as well. An example is given for Ghana in June 1983, showing a 3.33% recessionary gap between actual and potential output.
The classical doctrine—that the economy is always at or near the natural level of real GDP (full employment)—is based on two firmly held beliefs:
The assumption of the full employment of labour and other productive resources
Belief that prices, wages, and interest rates are flexible.
Keynesian Theory
types of inflation and inflationary and deflationary gap ayazmashori
This document discusses different types of inflation including definitions of inflation, deflation, disinflation, and their causes. It defines inflation as a sustained increase in prices over time. Deflation is a decrease in prices, while disinflation is a slowdown in the rate of inflation. The types of inflation include hyperinflation (over 100% per year), galloping inflation (10-100%), and creeping inflation (<10%). Causes of inflation are discussed as either demand-pull inflation from too much spending, or cost-push inflation from increased costs of production. Inflationary gaps occur when current GDP is higher than potential GDP at full employment, while deflationary gaps are when demand is below full employment supply
Open-Economy Macroeconomics: Basic ConceptsChris Thomas
This document provides an overview of key concepts in open-economy macroeconomics. It defines open and closed economies, and describes how an open economy interacts through international trade and financial flows. It explains exports, imports, the trade balance, and factors that influence them. It also discusses net capital flows, interest rates, and the relationship between saving, investment, and international flows. Finally, it introduces nominal and real exchange rates, and the theory of purchasing power parity.
Aggregate demand is the total planned expenditure in an economy at a given price level. It is composed of consumption (C), investment (I), government spending (G), and net exports (X-M). Each component is influenced by various economic factors - consumption depends on disposable income and credit availability, investment depends on interest rates and profit levels, government spending depends on public opinion and the state of the economy, and net exports depend on domestic and foreign income and exchange rates. Changes in any component will cause the aggregate demand curve to shift right for an increase or left for a decrease on a graph with real output on the x-axis and price level on the y-axis.
This document discusses aggregate demand, which is the total planned spending on goods and services in an economy. It has four main components: consumer spending, investment spending, government spending, and net exports. Changes in aggregate demand are caused by factors like monetary policy, fiscal policy, business and consumer confidence, and external economic conditions. A rise in aggregate demand leads to increased output and employment as the economy expands along the aggregate demand curve, while a fall in aggregate demand causes contraction. The document examines how each of the components and various demand-side factors can influence aggregate demand in the UK economy.
It shows the meaning of aggregate demand and aggregate supply. Why aggregate demand curve downward slopping? Show the Short run and Long run Aggregate demand aggregate supply.
Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply and Curvesshahroze11
The document discusses aggregate demand and aggregate supply. It defines aggregate demand as the total demand for final goods and services in an economy at a given time and price level. The key components of aggregate demand are consumption, investment, government spending, exports and imports. It also discusses how aggregate demand is downward sloping. The document then defines aggregate supply as the total supply of goods and services in an economy. It describes how the aggregate supply curve slopes upward in the short-run but is vertical in the long-run.
Okun's Law describes the relationship between unemployment and economic output, where a 1% increase in unemployment is associated with a 2% decrease in output relative to potential output. The document discusses how Okun's Law has been calculated for the United States, with unemployment 1% above the natural rate leading to output falling 2% below potential. It also notes that while unemployment is above the natural rate in Ghana, causing output to fall below potential there as well. An example is given for Ghana in June 1983, showing a 3.33% recessionary gap between actual and potential output.
The classical doctrine—that the economy is always at or near the natural level of real GDP (full employment)—is based on two firmly held beliefs:
The assumption of the full employment of labour and other productive resources
Belief that prices, wages, and interest rates are flexible.
Keynesian Theory
types of inflation and inflationary and deflationary gap ayazmashori
This document discusses different types of inflation including definitions of inflation, deflation, disinflation, and their causes. It defines inflation as a sustained increase in prices over time. Deflation is a decrease in prices, while disinflation is a slowdown in the rate of inflation. The types of inflation include hyperinflation (over 100% per year), galloping inflation (10-100%), and creeping inflation (<10%). Causes of inflation are discussed as either demand-pull inflation from too much spending, or cost-push inflation from increased costs of production. Inflationary gaps occur when current GDP is higher than potential GDP at full employment, while deflationary gaps are when demand is below full employment supply
Open-Economy Macroeconomics: Basic ConceptsChris Thomas
This document provides an overview of key concepts in open-economy macroeconomics. It defines open and closed economies, and describes how an open economy interacts through international trade and financial flows. It explains exports, imports, the trade balance, and factors that influence them. It also discusses net capital flows, interest rates, and the relationship between saving, investment, and international flows. Finally, it introduces nominal and real exchange rates, and the theory of purchasing power parity.
This document discusses inflation, including its causes, types, effects, and methods for controlling it. It outlines two main types of inflation - cost-push inflation, which is caused by increases in production costs, and demand-pull inflation, which occurs when demand increases faster than supply. The document also examines the impacts of inflation and various monetary and fiscal policies that can be used to reduce inflation, such as increasing interest rates, reducing government spending, and implementing price controls.
The document provides an overview of the business cycle including its phases, causes, and conclusion. It discusses the business cycle in terms of fluctuations in economic activity and gross domestic product. The phases include expansion/growth, peak, recession, and trough/depression. Causes include factors like consumption, business investment, government activity, inventions, and wars. In conclusion, the business cycle refers to regular fluctuations in economic indicators that occur in a predictable pattern in capitalist societies.
Keynes’s psychological law of consumptionAjay Samyal
1) Keynes proposed a psychological law of consumption which states that as income increases, consumption increases but not proportionately. The marginal propensity to consume is less than one.
2) Consumption depends mainly on current income. As income rises, the proportion of income spent on consumption (average propensity to consume) falls.
3) Keynes' consumption function can be expressed as C = a + bYd, where C is consumption, Yd is disposable income, a is autonomous consumption, and b is the marginal propensity to consume (MPC), which is less than the average propensity to consume (APC).
The document discusses the business cycle, which refers to the regular fluctuations in economic activity between periods of expansion and contraction. It describes the different types of business cycles including minor, major, very long period, and Kuznets cycles. The phases of the business cycle are also outlined, including expansion, peak, recession, and trough. Finally, the document analyzes various internal and external causes that can trigger business cycles such as consumer spending, investment, government policy, technology, and human psychology.
Here are my responses to your review questions:
1. Some key government policies that can promote economic growth discussed in the document include encouraging saving and investment, education and training, securing property rights and maintaining political stability, promoting free trade, controlling population growth, and promoting research and development.
2. The influx of more women in universities could positively influence the economy by expanding the overall human capital and skills in the labor force. Educating and training more women would increase productivity over the long run and potentially lead to more innovation. It could also help reduce gender imbalances in the labor market and certain occupations. Overall, greater educational attainment and workforce participation of women has the potential to boost economic growth.
This document provides an overview of Keynesian theory of income determination. It discusses some key concepts:
1) According to Keynes, the equilibrium level of national income and employment is determined by the interaction of aggregate demand (C+I) and aggregate supply (C+S). This equilibrium is called the effective demand point.
2) Effective demand represents the total spending in the economy that matches aggregate supply. It is the level of income and employment where there is no tendency to increase or decrease production.
3) The effective demand point may be below full employment, indicating underemployment. Government spending can increase aggregate demand and move the economy to a new equilibrium with higher income and full employment.
Macroeconomics deals with the economy as a whole, examining aggregates like total income, output, employment and prices. It emerged as a separate field of study due to Keynes' analysis of the Great Depression when existing theories failed to explain high unemployment. The circular flow model illustrates how income and spending circulate between producers and consumers in an economy.
This document outlines the structural theory of inflation in less developed countries. It discusses how structural defects and bottlenecks exist in these economies that cause inflation, making the traditional quantity theory of money not applicable. Three main types of bottlenecks are described: agricultural bottlenecks due to issues like land ownership that limit food production growth; government resource constraints that force them to print money to fund infrastructure projects leading to inflation; and foreign exchange bottlenecks from low exports and high import payments causing currency devaluations and price increases. The structural theory argues these bottlenecks must be addressed through balanced investment instead of just monetary or demand-side policies to effectively reduce inflation in less developed economies.
The document discusses aggregate supply curves, including short-run aggregate supply (SRAS) and long-run aggregate supply (LRAS) curves. The SRAS curve slopes upward as producers are willing to supply more output when prices are higher in the short-run before input prices adjust. The LRAS curve is vertical at the natural level of output, as prices and costs have fully adjusted in the long-run. The document also discusses factors that can cause shifts in the SRAS and LRAS curves such as changes in input prices, taxes, and economic growth.
The document discusses different types of costs firms face in both the short run and long run. It defines explicit costs as actual cash payments and implicit costs as opportunity costs. In the short run, some resources are fixed while others are variable. As more of the variable input is added, marginal product initially increases but eventually declines due to diminishing returns. In the long run, all inputs are variable and firms can choose different plant sizes, leading to economies or diseconomies of scale.
Long run aggregate supply is determined by factors that affect an economy's potential output over the long run, including: labor supply and quality, capital investment, productivity advances, and technology improvements. An outward shift in long run aggregate supply represents an increase in potential output and real economic growth. Productivity, especially output per hour worked, is a major driver of potential growth for economies like the UK in the long run.
An offer curve shows the quantities of imports and exports that a country is willing to trade at different relative prices (terms-of-trade). It combines a country's demand for imports and supply of exports. Offer curves can be drawn for two countries trading two goods to determine the trading equilibrium and equilibrium terms-of-trade. The equilibrium occurs where the quantities exported and imported are equal for both goods and countries.
Here are the key impacts of an increase in investment demand in a small open economy:
- Investment demand I(r*) increases.
- Saving S does not change.
- Net capital outflow decreases as domestic investment increases and saving remains the same.
- Net exports NX decrease as the trade balance deteriorates to finance the higher investment through net capital inflows.
So in summary, an increase in investment demand leads to a deterioration in the trade balance (lower NX) and lower net capital outflow, while saving remains unchanged.
CHAPTER 5 The Open Economy slide 23
The Production Possibility Curve (PPC) shows the combinations of two goods an economy can produce with its limited resources. It illustrates the core economic problem of scarcity and choice. A PPC demonstrates that an economy must choose between different goods - it can produce more of one good only by reducing production of the other as resources are reallocated between uses. The opportunity cost of choosing one combination over another is the quantity of the forgone good.
This document defines and provides examples of consumer surplus and producer surplus. Consumer surplus is the difference between what consumers are willing to pay for a good and what they actually pay, represented by the area under the demand curve. Producer surplus is the difference between the price producers are willing to supply a good for and the actual market price, shown as the area above the supply curve. The levels of consumer and producer surplus change with market price fluctuations. At equilibrium, consumer surplus is the area under the demand curve above the market price, while producer surplus is the area above the supply curve below the market price.
The business cycle refers to periodic fluctuations in economic activity between periods of expansion and contraction. It includes four phases: expansion, peak, recession, and trough. During expansion, economic indicators like output, employment, and incomes are increasing. At the peak, expansion stops and a recession begins, when those indicators decline. The recession worsens into a depression, with severe economic contraction. Economic activity hits its lowest point at the trough, then enters a recovery phase as the economy begins expanding again. This cyclical process repeats over the long term as aggregate demand and supply fluctuate.
This document provides an outline and explanation of IS-LM analysis and how it can be used to derive the aggregate demand curve. It begins by explaining why IS-LM analysis was developed as a synthesis of classical and Keynesian thought. It then defines the IS curve as representing goods market equilibrium and the LM curve as representing money market equilibrium. It shows how the intersection of the IS and LM curves determines the equilibrium interest rate and level of output. It further explains how shifts in the IS and LM curves affect this equilibrium and can be used to trace the aggregate demand curve. Fiscal and monetary policy shifts are also discussed through their impacts on the IS and LM curves.
Meeting 3 - Rybczynski theorem (International Economics)Albina Gaisina
The document discusses several economic concepts:
1) The Rybczynski theorem explains that if a country's supply of one factor increases, it will produce more of the good that intensively uses that factor and less of the other good.
2) Dutch disease refers to an economic phenomenon where resource discovery leads to decline of other sectors through currency appreciation and a shift in economic activity.
3) The resource curse or paradox of plenty suggests that countries with an abundance of natural resources tend to have less economic growth and worse development outcomes than countries with fewer natural resources, due to issues like overdependence on commodity exports and weak institutions.
The document discusses the relationship between inflation and unemployment as depicted by the Phillips curve. It explains that demand-pull inflation is caused by increases in aggregate demand, while cost-push inflation stems from increases in costs of production. The Phillips curve shows an inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment in the short run, but this relationship breaks down in the long run as inflation expectations rise. The natural rate of unemployment is the rate at which inflation remains stable in the long run.
INFLATION : NATURE,EFFECT AND CONTROL sreekanthskt
Inflation is defined as a sustained increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy over time. It can be caused by factors on both the demand side, such as an increase in money supply, and the supply side, such as a rise in production costs. Inflation is measured by indexes that track changes in consumer prices (CPI) or wholesale prices (WPI) over time. There are different views on the causes and solutions for inflation, with Keynesians focusing on demand management and monetarists emphasizing the role of money supply.
The document discusses various types of maximum prices or price caps that governments and regulators impose, including caps on housing rents, energy prices, CEO pay, mobile roaming charges, water prices, payday loan interest rates, and pension charges. It analyzes the effects of price caps using supply and demand diagrams, noting they may lead to shortages and black markets. The document also evaluates the merits of the UK Labour Party's 2013 proposal to cap domestic energy prices to increase fairness for low-income families.
This document provides an overview and agenda for an A Level Economics revision workshop focusing on exam technique. The workshop covers multiple choice questions, numerical questions, diagram questions, and data interpretation questions. It includes sample exam questions to work through in each area. Key advice emphasized includes knowing definitions, practicing calculations, drawing diagrams where helpful, and carefully reading questions and answer options.
This document discusses inflation, including its causes, types, effects, and methods for controlling it. It outlines two main types of inflation - cost-push inflation, which is caused by increases in production costs, and demand-pull inflation, which occurs when demand increases faster than supply. The document also examines the impacts of inflation and various monetary and fiscal policies that can be used to reduce inflation, such as increasing interest rates, reducing government spending, and implementing price controls.
The document provides an overview of the business cycle including its phases, causes, and conclusion. It discusses the business cycle in terms of fluctuations in economic activity and gross domestic product. The phases include expansion/growth, peak, recession, and trough/depression. Causes include factors like consumption, business investment, government activity, inventions, and wars. In conclusion, the business cycle refers to regular fluctuations in economic indicators that occur in a predictable pattern in capitalist societies.
Keynes’s psychological law of consumptionAjay Samyal
1) Keynes proposed a psychological law of consumption which states that as income increases, consumption increases but not proportionately. The marginal propensity to consume is less than one.
2) Consumption depends mainly on current income. As income rises, the proportion of income spent on consumption (average propensity to consume) falls.
3) Keynes' consumption function can be expressed as C = a + bYd, where C is consumption, Yd is disposable income, a is autonomous consumption, and b is the marginal propensity to consume (MPC), which is less than the average propensity to consume (APC).
The document discusses the business cycle, which refers to the regular fluctuations in economic activity between periods of expansion and contraction. It describes the different types of business cycles including minor, major, very long period, and Kuznets cycles. The phases of the business cycle are also outlined, including expansion, peak, recession, and trough. Finally, the document analyzes various internal and external causes that can trigger business cycles such as consumer spending, investment, government policy, technology, and human psychology.
Here are my responses to your review questions:
1. Some key government policies that can promote economic growth discussed in the document include encouraging saving and investment, education and training, securing property rights and maintaining political stability, promoting free trade, controlling population growth, and promoting research and development.
2. The influx of more women in universities could positively influence the economy by expanding the overall human capital and skills in the labor force. Educating and training more women would increase productivity over the long run and potentially lead to more innovation. It could also help reduce gender imbalances in the labor market and certain occupations. Overall, greater educational attainment and workforce participation of women has the potential to boost economic growth.
This document provides an overview of Keynesian theory of income determination. It discusses some key concepts:
1) According to Keynes, the equilibrium level of national income and employment is determined by the interaction of aggregate demand (C+I) and aggregate supply (C+S). This equilibrium is called the effective demand point.
2) Effective demand represents the total spending in the economy that matches aggregate supply. It is the level of income and employment where there is no tendency to increase or decrease production.
3) The effective demand point may be below full employment, indicating underemployment. Government spending can increase aggregate demand and move the economy to a new equilibrium with higher income and full employment.
Macroeconomics deals with the economy as a whole, examining aggregates like total income, output, employment and prices. It emerged as a separate field of study due to Keynes' analysis of the Great Depression when existing theories failed to explain high unemployment. The circular flow model illustrates how income and spending circulate between producers and consumers in an economy.
This document outlines the structural theory of inflation in less developed countries. It discusses how structural defects and bottlenecks exist in these economies that cause inflation, making the traditional quantity theory of money not applicable. Three main types of bottlenecks are described: agricultural bottlenecks due to issues like land ownership that limit food production growth; government resource constraints that force them to print money to fund infrastructure projects leading to inflation; and foreign exchange bottlenecks from low exports and high import payments causing currency devaluations and price increases. The structural theory argues these bottlenecks must be addressed through balanced investment instead of just monetary or demand-side policies to effectively reduce inflation in less developed economies.
The document discusses aggregate supply curves, including short-run aggregate supply (SRAS) and long-run aggregate supply (LRAS) curves. The SRAS curve slopes upward as producers are willing to supply more output when prices are higher in the short-run before input prices adjust. The LRAS curve is vertical at the natural level of output, as prices and costs have fully adjusted in the long-run. The document also discusses factors that can cause shifts in the SRAS and LRAS curves such as changes in input prices, taxes, and economic growth.
The document discusses different types of costs firms face in both the short run and long run. It defines explicit costs as actual cash payments and implicit costs as opportunity costs. In the short run, some resources are fixed while others are variable. As more of the variable input is added, marginal product initially increases but eventually declines due to diminishing returns. In the long run, all inputs are variable and firms can choose different plant sizes, leading to economies or diseconomies of scale.
Long run aggregate supply is determined by factors that affect an economy's potential output over the long run, including: labor supply and quality, capital investment, productivity advances, and technology improvements. An outward shift in long run aggregate supply represents an increase in potential output and real economic growth. Productivity, especially output per hour worked, is a major driver of potential growth for economies like the UK in the long run.
An offer curve shows the quantities of imports and exports that a country is willing to trade at different relative prices (terms-of-trade). It combines a country's demand for imports and supply of exports. Offer curves can be drawn for two countries trading two goods to determine the trading equilibrium and equilibrium terms-of-trade. The equilibrium occurs where the quantities exported and imported are equal for both goods and countries.
Here are the key impacts of an increase in investment demand in a small open economy:
- Investment demand I(r*) increases.
- Saving S does not change.
- Net capital outflow decreases as domestic investment increases and saving remains the same.
- Net exports NX decrease as the trade balance deteriorates to finance the higher investment through net capital inflows.
So in summary, an increase in investment demand leads to a deterioration in the trade balance (lower NX) and lower net capital outflow, while saving remains unchanged.
CHAPTER 5 The Open Economy slide 23
The Production Possibility Curve (PPC) shows the combinations of two goods an economy can produce with its limited resources. It illustrates the core economic problem of scarcity and choice. A PPC demonstrates that an economy must choose between different goods - it can produce more of one good only by reducing production of the other as resources are reallocated between uses. The opportunity cost of choosing one combination over another is the quantity of the forgone good.
This document defines and provides examples of consumer surplus and producer surplus. Consumer surplus is the difference between what consumers are willing to pay for a good and what they actually pay, represented by the area under the demand curve. Producer surplus is the difference between the price producers are willing to supply a good for and the actual market price, shown as the area above the supply curve. The levels of consumer and producer surplus change with market price fluctuations. At equilibrium, consumer surplus is the area under the demand curve above the market price, while producer surplus is the area above the supply curve below the market price.
The business cycle refers to periodic fluctuations in economic activity between periods of expansion and contraction. It includes four phases: expansion, peak, recession, and trough. During expansion, economic indicators like output, employment, and incomes are increasing. At the peak, expansion stops and a recession begins, when those indicators decline. The recession worsens into a depression, with severe economic contraction. Economic activity hits its lowest point at the trough, then enters a recovery phase as the economy begins expanding again. This cyclical process repeats over the long term as aggregate demand and supply fluctuate.
This document provides an outline and explanation of IS-LM analysis and how it can be used to derive the aggregate demand curve. It begins by explaining why IS-LM analysis was developed as a synthesis of classical and Keynesian thought. It then defines the IS curve as representing goods market equilibrium and the LM curve as representing money market equilibrium. It shows how the intersection of the IS and LM curves determines the equilibrium interest rate and level of output. It further explains how shifts in the IS and LM curves affect this equilibrium and can be used to trace the aggregate demand curve. Fiscal and monetary policy shifts are also discussed through their impacts on the IS and LM curves.
Meeting 3 - Rybczynski theorem (International Economics)Albina Gaisina
The document discusses several economic concepts:
1) The Rybczynski theorem explains that if a country's supply of one factor increases, it will produce more of the good that intensively uses that factor and less of the other good.
2) Dutch disease refers to an economic phenomenon where resource discovery leads to decline of other sectors through currency appreciation and a shift in economic activity.
3) The resource curse or paradox of plenty suggests that countries with an abundance of natural resources tend to have less economic growth and worse development outcomes than countries with fewer natural resources, due to issues like overdependence on commodity exports and weak institutions.
The document discusses the relationship between inflation and unemployment as depicted by the Phillips curve. It explains that demand-pull inflation is caused by increases in aggregate demand, while cost-push inflation stems from increases in costs of production. The Phillips curve shows an inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment in the short run, but this relationship breaks down in the long run as inflation expectations rise. The natural rate of unemployment is the rate at which inflation remains stable in the long run.
INFLATION : NATURE,EFFECT AND CONTROL sreekanthskt
Inflation is defined as a sustained increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy over time. It can be caused by factors on both the demand side, such as an increase in money supply, and the supply side, such as a rise in production costs. Inflation is measured by indexes that track changes in consumer prices (CPI) or wholesale prices (WPI) over time. There are different views on the causes and solutions for inflation, with Keynesians focusing on demand management and monetarists emphasizing the role of money supply.
The document discusses various types of maximum prices or price caps that governments and regulators impose, including caps on housing rents, energy prices, CEO pay, mobile roaming charges, water prices, payday loan interest rates, and pension charges. It analyzes the effects of price caps using supply and demand diagrams, noting they may lead to shortages and black markets. The document also evaluates the merits of the UK Labour Party's 2013 proposal to cap domestic energy prices to increase fairness for low-income families.
This document provides an overview and agenda for an A Level Economics revision workshop focusing on exam technique. The workshop covers multiple choice questions, numerical questions, diagram questions, and data interpretation questions. It includes sample exam questions to work through in each area. Key advice emphasized includes knowing definitions, practicing calculations, drawing diagrams where helpful, and carefully reading questions and answer options.
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This document provides an overview and agenda for a one-day A2 economics revision workshop focusing on key concepts related to costs, revenues, business objectives, and competition. The workshop includes introductory content, interactive activities, and exam-style questions to help students improve their examination skills and techniques. Additional independent revision activities are also provided.
The document provides information about an economics revision workshop, including sessions on how markets work and elasticities, market failure and government intervention, measuring UK economic performance, demand and supply side policies, and policy conflicts. It gives exam advice on answering questions and provides a glossary of key macroeconomic terms.
1. Aggregate demand is the total demand for final goods and services in an economy over a given period of time. It is made up of consumption, investment, government spending, exports minus imports.
2. Changes in aggregate demand are key to understanding economic fluctuations like recessions and recoveries. A rise in aggregate demand leads to economic expansion while a fall causes contraction.
3. Shifts in aggregate demand are caused by changes in factors like fiscal policy, monetary policy, business and consumer confidence, and external economic conditions.
Aggregate demand is the total spending on goods and services in an economy. It is calculated as the sum of consumption (C), investment (I), government spending (G), and net exports (X-M). Shocks to aggregate demand can occur due to events like a housing market slump, credit crunch, or unexpected changes in interest rates or fiscal policy. These shocks cause the aggregate demand curve to shift, showing a new relationship between the price level and real GDP. Factors that can cause the aggregate demand curve to shift include changes in expectations, monetary policy, fiscal policy, economic conditions abroad, household wealth, and the availability of credit.
This document discusses key macroeconomic concepts including aggregate demand, aggregate supply, and macroeconomic equilibrium. It defines aggregate demand as the total demand for goods and services in an economy and identifies its components as consumption, investment, government spending, and net exports. Aggregate supply is defined as the total output an economy can produce. The document explains that macroeconomic equilibrium exists when aggregate demand is equal to aggregate supply, meaning the quantity demanded is equal to the quantity supplied at the current price level.
The document discusses macroeconomics and the circular flow of income in an economy. It covers key topics such as the behavior of the overall economy, economic growth and fluctuations, and the interactions between goods, labor, and asset markets. It also presents figures showing historical data on various economic indicators in the US such as output, unemployment, prices, exports/imports, and government spending/taxes. Furthermore, it illustrates the circular flow of income between firms, households, and financial markets through consumption, income payments, savings, taxes, and other factors.
The document discusses key indicators of a country's macro environment including gross domestic product, GDP deflator, consumer price index, sectoral shares of the economy, savings and investment rates, inflation rates, money supply, foreign trade, foreign exchange reserves, economic infrastructure, and social indicators; it also discusses factors that influence a country's competitiveness globally such as availability of skilled managers, total quality management practices, and treatment of labor.
AS Macro Revision - The Balance of Paymentstutor2u
This document discusses the balance of payments (BoP) and current account. It provides examples of countries that typically run trade surpluses and deficits. Causes of deficits include weak competitiveness and exchange rate issues. Policies to reduce deficits include demand management, exchange rate adjustments, and supply-side reforms. A currency depreciation can initially worsen the trade deficit due to lags but may eventually improve it if certain conditions are met. The UK often runs a trade deficit due to factors like import dependence and weaknesses exporting to growing markets.
1. The economic cycle refers to short-run fluctuations in national output (real GDP) around its long-term trend. It includes periods of boom, slowdown, recession, and recovery.
2. A recession is defined as at least six months of falling output across the economy. It can cause rising unemployment, falling business profits, and declining tax revenues.
3. Estimating the output gap, which is the difference between actual GDP and potential GDP, is difficult but important for understanding inflationary pressures and spare capacity in the economy. A negative output gap indicates unused resources while a positive gap risks inflation.
The document discusses aggregate demand and factors that influence consumption. It introduces the consumption function, which shows the relationship between consumption and disposable income. The marginal propensity to consume is the change in consumption from a $1 change in disposable income. Several factors can shift the consumption function, such as wealth, price levels, and expectations about future income. Tax rebates in 1975 and 2001 failed to significantly boost consumption as intended because consumers viewed the increases in income as temporary rather than permanent.
1. A budget deficit decreases the supply of loanable funds, raising interest rates and reducing investment.
2. Lower investment decreases net capital outflow, appreciating the currency.
3. Capital flight has the opposite effects, increasing rates and depreciating the currency through increased outflows and loan demand.
Inflation is a macroeconomic problem that can have detrimental effects on an economy. It causes a rise in general price levels which decreases the value of money. The effects of inflation can be categorized into output effects and redistribution effects. Output effects include reduced confidence, international competitiveness and investment, which can decrease output and employment. Redistribution effects involve a shifting of income and wealth between different groups as the purchasing power of money changes. Borrowers benefit while those on fixed incomes lose out.
The global economy has shifted towards Asia in recent decades. The UK runs large trade deficits in goods but surpluses in services. Germany and China are two of the UK's main trading partners for imports, while exports mainly go to other European nations. A persistent current account deficit can cause problems like lower growth and job losses if it indicates weak competitiveness. Policy options to address deficits include supply-side reforms to improve productivity and demand management policies to reduce spending on imports.
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Here are the steps to calculate the level of GDP using the data provided:
Consumption (C) = £800bn
Government spending (G) = £300bn
Gross capital formation (I) = £250bn
Exports (X) = £400bn
Imports (M) = £350bn
Using the expenditure method formula:
GDP = C + I + G + (X - M)
= £800bn + £250bn + £300bn + (£400bn - £350bn)
= £800bn + £250bn + £300bn + £50bn
= £1400bn
Therefore, the level of GDP using the data provided
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2. Meaning and Measurement of Aggregate Demand
• Aggregate Demand (AD) =
– Total level of planned real expenditure on the goods and
services produced within a country
• The components of aggregate demand are:
– Household spending on goods and services (C)
– Gross Fixed Capital Investment Spending (I)
– Value of the Change in Stocks (Inventories)
– Government Consumption (G) (Public services)
– Exports of Goods and Services (X)
– (minus) Imports of Goods and Services (M)
• GDP (expenditure-based) is the actual value of expenditure
• Changes in AD are key to understanding short-term fluctuations
in a cycle e.g. recession and recovery, boom and slowdown
3. Components of UK Aggregate Demand 2007-2015
Source: HM-Treasury Databank
Consumption
(C)
Government
Spending (G)
Investment
(I)
Exports
(X)
Imports
(M)
Year Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent
2007 2.8 1.2 5.3 -2.1 -0.8
2008 -0.5 2.0 -4.7 1.6 -1.8
2009 -3.3 1.2 -14.4 -8.2 -9.8
2010 0.5 0.0 5.9 6.2 8.7
2011 -0.1 0.0 2.3 5.6 1.0
2012 1.5 2.3 0.7 0.7 3.1
2013 1.7 -0.3 3.4 1.5 1.4
2014 2.6 1.6 8.6 0.5 2.4
2015
4. The Relative Importance of Components of AD
Source: HM-Treasury Databank
Consumption
(C)
Government
Spending (G)
Investment
(I)
Exports
(X)
Imports
(M)
Year £m £m £m £m £m
2007 1021 326 294 477 538
2008 1016 333 281 485 528
2009 982 337 240 445 476
2010 987 337 254 472 518
2011 985 337 260 499 523
2012 1000 345 262 502 539
2013 1018 344 271 510 547
2014 1044 349 294 512 560
2015
Consumption is far and away the biggest component of AD
5. The Aggregate Demand Curve (AD)
General
Price Level
Real GDP
AD =
C+I+G+(X-M)
GPL1
Y1Y2
GPL2
GPL3
Y3
A rise in the price level causes a
contraction of AD
6. The Aggregate Demand Curve (AD)
General
Price Level
Real GDP
AD =
C+I+G+(X-M)
GPL1
Y1Y2
GPL2
GPL3
Y3
A rise in the price level causes a
contraction of AD
A fall in the price level
causes an expansion of AD
7. Understanding why the AD Curve Slopes Downwards
Falling real
incomes
• As the price level rises, the real value of income falls
and consumers are less able to buy what they want or
need – this is known as the real balance effect
Balance of
trade
• A persistent rise in the price of level of Country X
could make foreign-produced goods and services
cheaper, causing a fall in exports and a rise in imports
Interest
rate effect
• If the price level rises, this causes inflation and an
increase in demand for money and a possible rise in
interest rates on loans which then has a deflationary
effect on consumer and business demand
8. Shifts in the Aggregate Demand Curve (AD)
General
Price Level
Real GDP
AD1
GPL1
Y1
AD2
Y2
AD3
AD1 – AD2: Outward
shift – will raise national
output at all price levels
9. Shifts in the Aggregate Demand Curve (AD)
General
Price Level
Real GDP
AD1
GPL1
Y1
AD2
Y2
AD3
Y3
AD1 – AD2: Outward
shift – will raise national
output at all price levels
AD1 – AD3: Inward shift
– will reduce national
output at all price levels
10. Examples of Causes of Shifts in Aggregate Demand
Fall in AD
Fall in exports
Cut in government
spending
Higher interest rates
Decline in household
wealth
Increase in AD
Depreciation of the
exchange rate
Cuts in direct and indirect
taxes
Increase in house prices
Expansion of supply of
credit + lower interest rates
11. Changes to Monetary Policy
• Changes in official monetary policy interest rates
• Change in the supply of money and credit
• Change in the value of a country’s exchange rate
Changes to Government Fiscal Policy
• Changes in the level of direct / indirect taxes
• Changes in government (state) spending
• Changes in government (fiscal) borrowing
Business and Consumer confidence
• Planned capital investment spending by businesses
• Consumer confidence and retail spending
Focus on Key Causes of Shifts in Aggregate Demand
12. External Shocks to Aggregate Demand
Many unexpected events cause changes in demand, output and
employment. These events are called external “shocks”.
A large rise or fall in the value of the exchange rate
A recession, slowdown or boom in one or more of a nation’s key
trading partner countries
A slump in the housing market / construction sector of a country
An event such as the Global Financial Crisis which caused a fall in
the supply of credit available to businesses and households
A large change in commodity prices for a country that
is a commodity exporter
13. Exports of Goods and Services (X)
Relative Prices
of exports in
World Markets
The exchange
rate – a
stronger
currency makes
exports more
expensive
Non-Price
Demand
Factors e.g.
Design and
Branding
Strength of
Aggregate
Demand in Key
Export Markets
Exports are goods and services sold to other countries. Exports are
an injection into a nation’s circular flow of income and spending
Many factors affect the
level of demand for a
nation’s exports – some of
these are shown on the left
14. The Net Trade Balance (X-M) and Aggregate Demand
The net trade balance is measured the value of exported goods and
services minus the value of imported products
A trade surplus means
that X>M – aggregate
demand will increase
A trade deficit means
that M>X – aggregate
demand will fall
If X=M, then the trade
balance is zero, external
trade will have a
neutral effect on AD 0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
TradebalanceinbillionU.S.dollars
Balance of Trade for China 2000-2014
15. • Public sector debt is owed by central and local
government and by public (state-owned) corporations
– Debts owed by state-owned banks are included in national
debt
• Private sector debt is owed by private businesses and
households.
– Companies may have borrowed to finance investment
(corporate sector debt)
– Households have loans for example credit card debt and
mortgages on properties.
• Financial debt is also part of the private sector – this is
the outstanding (unpaid) debts of banks and financial
corporations - for example the level of bad debts on
loans to businesses and to the housing market
Public and Private Sector Debt
16. • In the spring of 2013, household
and non-financial firms’ debt
amounted to 208% of UK GDP –
down to levels last seen in mid-
2007, but significantly higher than
they were a decade ago (170pc of
GDP) and 15 years ago (128pc of
GDP).
• The UK private debt/GDP ratio is
high by historical and international
standards, and far above the 160%
level used by the EU Commission
as a threshold for gauging
imbalance in debt to income levels
for EU member states.
The Scale of Debt in the UK Economy
17. UK Household Debt Relative to Disposable Incomes
60
70
80
90
100
110
120
130
140
150
160
1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014
Short-term Loans
Long-term Loans
Stock of outstanding loans to households, % of households’ disposable income
• Short term loans include outstanding debt on credit cards
• Long term loans include mortgage debt
18. • Debt acts as a constraint on future spending power.
– Millions of people in the UK are saddled with many thousands
of pounds of debt and the interest payments on this debt
reduces their effective disposable income
• The commercial banks also have high debt and this restricts their
ability to make fresh loans to businesses and households who
want to borrow. This can limit business investment
• The economy can be at risk with a high debt-to-GDP ratio
– If price deflation happened, falling consumer prices and
incomes would make the debt problem even worse in real
terms
– When nominal interest rates rise, many households –
especially mortgage payers - are at risk and can struggle to
meet repayments. This could cause a slowdown or a possible
recession in the housing market.
Consequences of Debt for an economy such as the UK
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