ECO100Y1 Lecture 16: lecture 16-2

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National income and the price level (part two: macroeconomic equilibrium. The ae model is useful, but: (limitations: the price level is assumed to be fixed, the supply side of the economy is ignored. In fact: the price level does vary, the supply side of the economy, and resource constraints, do matter. Ae schedule shifts down because autonomous expenditure declines: consumption falls [wealth effect, exports [falls] (e. g. exports is more expensive to foreigners) Imports [increase] (e. g. imports is less expensive to canadians) The equilibrium level of desired spending [where desired spending = output, which is where ae schedule intersects 45 degree line] declines. The increase in the price level results in a lower equilibrium level of national income [y]. Thus the ad schedule slopes downward a higher price level results in a lower level of desired spending. Graph 1: aggregate expenditure (ae) vertical axis: ae horizontal axis: national income/output/gdp. A change in the price level causes a shift of the.

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