Aggregate output in the short runPotential output – the output the economy would produce if all factors of production were fully employed Actual output – what is actually produced in a
Trang 1Chapter 21
The determination of national income
David Begg, Stanley Fischer and Rudiger Dornbusch, Economics,
6th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2000 Power Point presentation by Peter Smith
Trang 2Aggregate output in the short run
Potential output
– the output the economy would produce
if all factors of production were fully
employed
Actual output
– what is actually produced in a period
– which may diverge from the potential level
Trang 3Some simplifying assumptions
Prices and wages are fixed
The actual quantity of total output is
demand-determined
– this will be a “Keynesian” model
For now, also assume:
– no government
– no foreign trade
Later chapters relax these assumptions
Trang 4Aggregate demand
Given no government and no
international trade, aggregate
demand has two components:
– Investment
firms’ desired or planned additions to physical capital & inventories
for now, assume this is autonomous
– Consumption
households’ demand for goods and services
so, AD = C + I
Trang 5Consumption demand
Households allocate their income between CONSUMPTION and
SAVING
Personal Disposable Income
– income that households have for
spending or saving
– income from their supply of factor services (plus transfers less taxes)
Trang 6Consumption and income in the UK
at constant 1995 prices, 1989-1998
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Real disposable income (£bn.)
Income is a strong influence on consumption
expenditure – but not the only one.
Trang 7The consumption function
Income
C o
tio n
ns u
C = 8 + 0.7 Y
The consumption function shows desired aggregate consumption at each level of aggregate income
0
With zero income, desired consumption
is 8 (“autonomous consumption”).
{
8
The marginal propensity
to consume (the slope of
the function) is 0.7 – i.e for each additional £1 of income, 70p is consumed.
Trang 8The saving function
S = -8 + 0.3 Y
Income
av in
0
The saving function shows desired saving at each
income level.
Since all income is either saved or spent on
consumption, the saving function can be derived from the consumption function or vice versa.
Trang 9The aggregate demand schedule
Income
g a te
te d
C
Aggregate demand is what households plan
to spend on consumption and what firms plan to
spend on investment.
AD = C + I
I
The AD function is the vertical addition
of C and I.
(For now I is assumed autonomous.)
Trang 10Equilibrium output
Output, Income
ire d
d sp
points at which desired spending equals output
or income.
AD
Given the AD schedule,
This the point at which planned spending equals actual output and income equilibrium is thus at E.
E
Trang 11An alternative approach
Output, Income
An equivalent view of equilibrium is seen by equating
I
planned investment (I) S
to planned saving (S)
The two approaches are equivalent.
again giving us equilibrium at E
E
Trang 12Effects of a fall in aggregate demand
Output, Income
ire d
d sp
AD 0
Y 0
Suppose the economy starts in equilibrium
at Y 0.
a fall in aggregate demand to AD 1
AD 1
Leads the economy
to a new equilibrium
at Y 1
Y 1
Notice that the change in equilibrium output is
larger than the original change in AD.
Trang 13The multiplier
The multiplier is the ratio of the
change in equilibrium output to the
change in autonomous spending that causes the change in output.
The larger the marginal propensity to consume, the larger is the multiplier.
– The higher is the marginal propensity to save, the more of each extra unit of
income “leaks” out of the circular flow.