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The document discusses the effects of various economic factors on the short-run aggregate supply (SRAS) and aggregate demand (AD) curves. It explains how improvements in technology, government spending, and changes in consumer behavior can shift these curves, impacting price levels and output. Additionally, it addresses the implications of sticky wages and inflation expectations on labor and production costs.

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Problem Set 5

The document discusses the effects of various economic factors on the short-run aggregate supply (SRAS) and aggregate demand (AD) curves. It explains how improvements in technology, government spending, and changes in consumer behavior can shift these curves, impacting price levels and output. Additionally, it addresses the implications of sticky wages and inflation expectations on labor and production costs.

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a when the technology improves the short run aggregate

supply curve moves to the right.Because thecost of


paducticn decrease

Priceled 然 As'theoutput will be


A more than before
1
i A
TTiti.ge f output
b todemand
It would lead the aggregate
because the investment
move to left
is less than before

Pricelevel AS

恐 Len

Quantityofoutput
C demand moves to
This would result aggregate

oight because the government pending

increased

nicelevel AS

TAP
T

auti.gg cutps
d This would lead SR AS curve to move to

due the higher cot of production


left to

and the output would be less


As
Pricelevel AS

Bi
AD

Tantiagf output
e demand
This wouldoesult that the aggregate
because the consumer
moves to left
be lessthan before
spending would
Pricelevel As

1 毙
AD AD
ittanntiy ofoutput
f The weaker dollar makes imports moreexpensive

and experts cheaper andwould resultthat


demand move to the
aggregate right because
experts
of higher
Pricelevel AS

1_A_EADA Quautigofcutp.it
g Theaggregatedemand would move to the

because consumer pending would


right
be more than before
Pacelevel
AS

肖 息
AD
AD

Quantity
ofoutput

2
a

1 level
Price LRASSRA SRA .LT


A
ADAD
i

TEuantiycfc.atput
ii Firms would employmore labor as the

increases.The A moves to B as
consumption
increases Because the theory of
Output
stickywage their wage does not in creuse
lower real wages.Overtime
resulting
wages wouldbe adjustedand SRASwould
left the point movesfran B to C
shift to

iii Aidnominal stay the same but


wages
the real wage decreases as pricelevel
increases Bto Ci Nominal wages would
rise to reach newequalibr.com returning
real wages to their original level
b
LRAS
i Pricelevel SRAS
SRAS
A

ice AD
AD
Quantityofoutput
ii A to Bi Firms would hire less workers Realwageswould be

due to less consumption


they
Thet higher withstickywage

would be less and the point A would

move to B on SRAS curve B to Ci

As is adjusted in long run the


wages

SRAS would move to the sight returning


B to C
boiam
equal pointfran
iii A to Bi Nominal wages would not change
due to stickness and the realwage would
increase as price level falls Bto C
Nominal wages would adjustdownwad
to bring real wages lower to its

original point
AS
CR
C Pricelevel SRA
RAS

À
c
AD
ofoutput
Quantity
ii
A to Bi Thereduction in production cost

would lead production to be more than

before The point would movefrom A to

B The SR As moves to the right since


the wages are dicky downwards

the real wagesgoesup Bto C As


nominalwages
eventually adjust to the new
price levels the SRAS may continueto

shift until reaching a new long run

equalibrium
iii A to Bi Nominal wages keep the
same

due to stickness but real wages


increase due to lowerprice Bto C
overtime nominal wages would adjust
downwards
3
G The news would make peopleto expect
highe inflation in the future
b If workers expect higher inflation
want to get higherwages
they may
labor contract They wouldexpect
in new
decrease
their real wages would
in the future
C Theprofitability woulddecrease

because higher nomind wage

would increase thecost of firms


to produce

d Higher production cost


would

lead S RAS curve to shift1ft


e The cutput woulddecrease

At everypricelevel a lower
quantity ofgoods and services
is supplied
The statement is true The actualprice
a
level change would result the
movement along the SRAS curve
because

would response to higherprices


firms y
increasing the supplyofgoods
However
RAS
an expectedincrease in pricelevel can shits
because
firms would preemptively raisethe
wages ofworkers leading a lowerquatury

of goods at eachpricelevel
b Thisis uncertain.If decrease ofoutput wascaused

by decrease in AD the economy may


experience

deflation it is adjusting.The mechanism


inflation or as
is through changes inthe interest rate and wages

the decrease is caused a decreasein SRAS


If by
The adgvetmeut may also brings with highinflation
and high unemployment Until wages and other costs adjust
downward allowing the SRASto move backto
the right

5 Factors includegovernment stimulus consumer

spending adjustments in business investment and

resilience in specificeconomic sectors

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