

A reduction in aggregate demand, perhapsĬaused by a decrease in the money supply M, moves The economy begins in long-run equilibrium at Have adjusted to this level, the SRAS crosses Intersection of the long-run aggregate supplyĬurve and aggregate demand curve. In the long run, the economy finds itself at the

As AD shifts toĪD? we slide in an east-west direction to point B Short-run price rigidity meaning that theĪggregate supply curve is flat. Short-run, defined as the interval of time duringĪ simple, but useful first approach is to assume Process)- that will be the model for examining Impact on Y (because of the market clearing That changes in the price level left no lasting Remember that the the vertical LRAS curve assumed The Short-Run The Horizontal Aggregate Supply The reduction in AD affects the price level, but Since the AS curve is vertical in the long run, Realistically, at which unemployment is at itsĪ reduction in the money supply shifts theĪggregate demand curve downward from AD to AD'. It is the level of output at which theĮconomys resources are fully employed, or more Is call the full-employment or natural level of The vertical aggregate supply curve satisfies theĬlassical dichotomy, because it implies that the
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Price level will have no lasting impact on full The vertical line suggests that changes in the Us to build our long run aggregate supply curve. The mechanism we just went through will enable To hire more workers, the employer must raise theĪs a result of 2W, more workers are hired, and Were now going to see how flexible wages will Now lets see how workers will respond when thereĪt this new lower real wage, workers will cutīut, at the same time, employers increase theirĭisequilibrium where the quantity demanded Lets begin at full employment, n, with a wage The Long Run The Vertical Aggregate Supply Curve Lets build the long run aggregate supply curve Must discuss how the economy makes the transitionįrom the short run to the long run. The long-run aggregate supply curve LRAS and the There are two different aggregate supply curves Short run, the aggregate supply relationship Prices in the long run but sticky prices in the That supply goods and services have flexible Means a greater quantity of output is demanded.Īggregate supply (AS) is the relationshipīetween the quantity of goods and services If the price level is lower, real money balancesĪre higher the higher level of real balancesĪllows a greater volume of transactions, which For a fixed money supply M, higher realīalances imply a lower price level. More transactions and need higher real balances Think about the supply and demand for real moneyīalances. Why the Aggregate Demand Curve Slopes Downward Remember that the demand for real output varies Quantity of goods and services demanded Y.Īs the price level decreases wed move down alongĪny changes in M or V would shift the AD curve. Real balances M/P, and therefore the lower the Higher the price level P, the lower the level of The aggregate demand curve slopes downward the It isĭrawn for a given value of the money supply M. Quantity of goods and services demanded Y. Relationship between the price level P and The Aggregate Demand (AD) curve shows the That supply of money balances M/P is equal to theĭemand and that demand is proportional to output. M/P (M/P)d kY, where k 1/V is a parameterĭetermining how much money people want to holdįor every dollar of income. Of the supply and demand for real money balances The quantity equation can be rewritten in terms Realistic, but very convenient assumption that The velocity of money, P is the price level and Y Money (MVPY) where M is the money supply, V is It tells us the quantity of goodsĪnd services people want to buy at any given The quantity of output demanded and the aggregate The Model of Aggregate Supply and AggregateĪggregate demand (AD) is the relationship between In the long run, economic policies have differentĮffects over different time horizons. Prices behave differently in the short run than In the long run, prices areįlexible and can respond to changes in supply orĭemand. Short run and long run differ in terms of the Long run but not to the short run- WHY? The Classical macroeconomic theory applies to the
