unit 3-5: aggregate demand and supply and fiscal policy 1
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Unit 3-5:Aggregate Demand and Supply and Fiscal Policy
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Inflation
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SRPC
Short Run Phillips Curve
Unemployment2% 9%
1%
5%
When the economy is overheating, there is low unemployment but high inflation
When there is a recession, unemployment is high but
inflation is low
Inflation
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SRPC
Short Run Phillips Curve
Unemployment2% 9%
1%
5%
What happens when AS falls causing stagflation?Increase in unemployment and inflation
SRPC1
Inflation
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Short Run vs. Long Run
Unemployment2% 9%
1%
5%
3%
5%
Long Run Phillips Curve
In the long run there is no tradeoff between inflation and unemployment
The LRPC is vertical at the Natural Rate of
Unemployment
AD/AS and the Phillips Curve
Price Level
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AD
AS
AD/AS and the Phillips Curve
GDPRQY
PLe
LRAS Inflation
SRPC
UnemploymentUY
LRPC
Show what happens on both graphs if AD increase
AD1
Price Level
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AD
AS
AD/AS and the Phillips Curve
GDPRQY
PLe
LRAS Inflation
SRPC
UnemploymentUY
LRPC
Correctly draw the LRPC and SRPC with the recessionary gap. What happens when AD falls?
AD1
Price Level
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AD
AS
AD/AS and the Phillips Curve
GDPRQY
PLe
LRAS Inflation
SRPC
UnemploymentUY
LRPC
Correctly draw the LRPC and SRPC at full employment. What happens when AS falls?
AS1
SRPC1
Price Level
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AD
AS
AD/AS and the Phillips Curve
GDPRQY
PLe
LRAS Inflation
SRPC
UnemploymentUY
LRPC
Correctly draw the LRPC and SRPC with an recessionary gap. What happens when AS goes up?
AS1
SRPC1
Analyzing the Economy Graphically
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Unemployment Inflation GDP Growth
Good 6% or less 1%-4% 2.5%-5%
Worry 6.5%-8% 5%-8% 1%-2%
Bad 8.5 % or more 9% or more .5% or less
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