ECN 204 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Unemployment, Economic Equilibrium, Aggregate Demand

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Aggregate demand a schedule or curve that shows the amounts of real output (= real gdp) that domestic & foreign byers desire to purchase at each possible price level. The buyers include the nation"s households, businesses, and government along with consumers located abroad. Ad slopes downwards b/c of the changes in the price level caused by: real-balances effect the inverse relationship between the price level and the real value (or purchasing power) of financial assets with fixed money value. When price (p) falls, the purchasing power of existing financial balances rise which can increase spending. If price level fall there will be an increase in consumer wealth; people think they have more money so they will spend more. If wealth declines the consumers will feel more poor so they will spend less. This is also known as the reverse wealth effect.

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