ECON202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7.2: Aggregate Supply, Potential Output, Production Function

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To complete our initial picture of the macroeconomy, we need to explore aggregate supply. Aggregate supply = the total supply of goods and services producers want to sell at a given average price level: the aggregate supply (as) curve shows the relationship between p and ys. If the amount of labour hired is at the full employment level, then real gdp supplied = potential. If real gdp supplied is not equal to potential gdp, then there will be an adjustment in the amount of labour hired (from the production function), and unemployment will not be at the full employment level. In the short-run, we assume that input prices (wages) are fixed, and therefore wages do not adjust to changes in the price level this leads to big adjustments in aggregate supply in response to price level changes. Such a graph is shown in figure 7. 3 below.

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