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Chapter 14
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Undergraduate 2
04/26/2013

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aggregate demand-aggregate supply (AD-AS) model
Definition
the macroeconomic model that uses aggregate demand and aggregate supply to determine and explain the price level and level of real domestic output
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aggregate demand
Definition
a schedule or curve that shows the total quantity of goods and services demanded (purchased) at different price levels
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determinants of aggregate demand
Definition
factors that shift the aggregate demand curve when they change
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exchange rates
Definition
the prices of foreign currencies in terms of one's own currency
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aggregate supply
Definition
a schedual or curve that shows the total quantity of goods and services supplied (produced) at different price levels
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immediate-short-run aggregate supply curve
Definition
the aggregate supply curve associated with a period of time in which neither input nor output prices respond to changes in the level of spending or production
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short-run aggregate supply curve
Definition
an aggregate supply curve relevant to a time period in which output prices are flexible, but input prices are sticky
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long-run aggregate supply curve
Definition
the aggregate supply curve associated with a period of time in which both input and output prices are fully flexible
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determinants of aggregate suply
Definition
factors that shift the aggregate supply curve when they change
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productivity
Definition
a measure of real output per unit of input
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equilibrium price level
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the price level at which the aggregate demand curve and the aggregate supply curve intersect
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equilibrium real output
Definition
the level of real GDP at which the aggregate demand curve and aggregate supply curve intersect
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multiplier
Definition
the ration of a change in GDP to an initial change in spending
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