ECON 2450 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Real Wages, Money Supply, Production Function

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Figure 8. 6 illustrates the effects of a demand shock. The economy begins in equilibrium at point a, where the lras, sras, and ad curves intersect. An adverse demand shock shifts the aggregate demand curve to the left to ad". In the short run, the equilibrium is at point b, where ad" intersects sras. This is a point at which output has declined (a recession), but the price level is unchanged. Over time, the short-run aggregate supply curve shifts down to sras, restoring long-run equilibrium at point c. at this point, output is back at its full-employment level and the price level has declined. Thus the result of an adverse demand shock on the price level is that the price level is unchanged in the short run and declines in the long run. Since the 1973-1975 recession was one in which the price level rose sharply, it must not have been due to an adverse demand shock.

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