ECON 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Aggregate Supply, Aggregate Demand, Loanable Funds

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Uses the aggregate supply curve and the aggregate demand curve together to analyze economic fluctuations. Tells us the relationship with price level and the quantity of aggregate output demanded by households, businesses, government, rest of world. Lower prices doesn"t mean buy more stuff. Downward sloping bc of wealth effect in the change in the aggregate price level (higher aggregate price level reduces purchasing power and therefore consumer spending) Wealth rises= spend more, shift upward of planned aggregate expenditure (ae) If prices rise, income is lower and you will save less. Less savings= inward shift of supply of loanable funds. Lower price = higher wealth, raising consumption. Lower p means more c, but also more s. Causes a shift of the ae curve. Which is a movement along ad curve. If anything besides p shifts the ae curve, that is a shift if ad curve. Shift aggregate demand-- changes in expectations, wealth, stock of physical capital, govt.

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