EC140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Output Gap, Aggregate Demand, Real Interest Rate

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Ec140: class 11 - short-run to long-run fiscal policy and investment. Clicker questions: what causes an increase in the price level in the short-run, if us income rises the price level will rise as the aggregate demand curve will shift to the right. Gdp: what would cause a long-run reduction in the price level, a reduction in aggregate demand, what is the long run effect of a permanent decrease in autonomous exports, gdp will not change, the price level decreases. If unemployment is rising it is because actual gdp < potential gdp. If unemployment is declining, actual gdp > potential gdp: fiscal stabilization, definition: using taxes and government spending to influence the aggregate economy, thus affecting the aggregate demand curve. In a recessionary gap, the government will increase their spending until they reach equilibrium. ie. more transfer payments paid out such as student scholarships etc In an inflationary gap, the government will decrease their spending until they reach equilibrium.

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