ECN 204 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Aggregate Supply, Unemployment, Business Cycle

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Aggregate demand - schedule or curve that shows the amounts of a nation"s output (real. Gdp) that buyers collectively desire to purchase at each possible price level. Reflects inverse relationship between price level and amount of real output demanded. When price level rises, quantity of real gdp demand decreases. When price level falls, quantity of real gdp demand increases. More spending = more demand (rightward shift of curve) Real-balances effect - change in the price level. Higher price level means less consumption spending. Interest-rate effect - higher price level will increase the demand for money. Increase in demand for money will increase price paid for its use (or interest rates) By increasing interest rates, a higher price level reduces amount of real output demanded. Foreign-trade effect - when canadian price levels rise compared to foreign levels, foreigners will buy less canadian goods, canadians by more foreign goods. Canadian imports rise and canadian exports fall.

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