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Chapter 8 (AS/AD Model)

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What is the AS/AD model primarily designed to help explain?
Inflation and unemployment
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What can the AS/AD model be used to analyze?
Fiscal policy, monetary policy, and the self-correcting mechanism
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Why is the AS/AD model closely aligned with Keynesian economics?
It highlights the role of Aggregate Demand
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What is the formula for Aggregate Demand?
AD = C + I + G + (X − M)
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What does C represent in the AD equation?
Consumption
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What does I represent in the AD equation?
Investment
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What does G represent in the AD equation?
Government spending
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What does X − M represent in the AD equation?
Net exports
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What shifts the AD curve to the right?
An increase in government spending
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What shifts the AD curve to the left?
A dollar appreciation or a stock market crash
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How does a recession in a major U.S. trading partner affect U.S. AD?
U.S. exports decrease, shifting U.S. AD left
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Along a given SAS curve, what happens when the price level P increases?
Profits increase and the economy moves up the SAS curve
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What happens to profits when the price level P increases, ceteris paribus?
Profits increase
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What happens to profits when wages W increase?
Profits decrease
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What happens to SAS when wages increase?
SAS shifts left
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What would shift the SAS curve to the right?
A decrease in wages
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What would shift the SAS curve to the left?
An increase in wages or input prices
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What does SAS represent?
Short-run aggregate supply
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What does LAS represent?
Long-run aggregate supply
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What can shift LAS to the right?
More labor, better institutions, or improved productivity
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What does not shift LAS to the right?
An increase in the money supply
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What determines the potential level of output?
Technology
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What is an inflationary gap?
An economy producing above its potential level of output
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What eventually happens during an inflationary gap?
Input prices rise and output falls
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How can contractionary fiscal policy help end an inflationary gap?
Decrease government spending
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How can contractionary monetary policy help end an inflationary gap?
Raise interest rates
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How does raising interest rates affect AD?
It shifts AD left
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Why did the Federal Reserve raise interest rates in 2022?
To shift AD left and end an inflationary gap
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What type of policy did the U.S. government use in 2020 and 2021?
Expansionary fiscal policy
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What was the purpose of the 2020–2021 government spending bills?
Increase AD to end a recessionary gap
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What monetary policy did the Federal Reserve use during the COVID recession?
Lowered interest rates to increase AD
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What happens to AD when interest rates decrease?
AD increases
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Which economic approach supports expansionary fiscal policy during a recession?
Keynesian economics
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Which economic approach favors laissez faire?
Classical economics
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What is the difference between Keynesian and classical responses to unemployment?
Keynesian favors increasing AD; classical favors laissez faire
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What is expansionary fiscal policy?
Policy that increases AD, such as increasing government spending
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What is contractionary fiscal policy?
Policy that decreases AD, such as decreasing government spending
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What is expansionary monetary policy?
Lowering interest rates to increase AD
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What is contractionary monetary policy?
Raising interest rates to decrease AD
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