ECON 1202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Microeconomics, Capitalism, Federal Reserve System

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Econ 1202 - lecture #2 - principles of macroeconomics. What do we study in macroeconomics: we study the aggregate economy. The level and changes in a nation"s : output of real goods and services, general levels of prices, unemployment (rates and overall trends, structure of interest rates, distribution of wealth and income (often in microeconomics) Powerpoint, slide 16: us growth rate 1990 - 2009. Powerpoint, slide 17: model of the expansion of production possibility curve. Idealized business cycle: capitalist economies have experienced alternative periods of economic expansion and contraction since early 1800s which are referred to as business cycles. Macroeconomic policy: to smooth out the business cycle without a ecting long term growth and without reducing the nation"s productive capacity overtime, snapping string tight" in trend line, as economy contracts from peak -> trough, unemployment rate is increasing. Standard of living: per capita, output per person.

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