MacroEcomonics principles, application, and tools 7th edition by sullivan chapter 09

CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-1 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply As we explained in previous chapters, recessions occur when output fails to grow and unemployment rises PREPARED BY Brock Williams Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply APPLYING THE CONCEPTS What does the behavior of prices in consumer markets demonstrate about how quickly prices adjust in the U.S economy? Measuring Price Stickiness in Consumer Markets How can we determine what factors cause recessions? Two Approaches to Determining the Causes of Recessions Do changes in oil prices always hurt the U.S economy? How the U.S Economy Has Coped with Oil Price Fluctuations Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-3 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 9.1 STICKY PRICES AND THEIR MACROECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES Flexible and Sticky Prices •For most firms, the biggest cost of doing business is wages If wages are sticky, firms’ overall costs will be sticky as well This means that firms’ product prices will remain sticky, too •Sticky wages cause sticky prices and hamper the economy’s ability to bring demand and supply into balance in the short run How Demand Determines Output in the Short Run ● short run in macroeconomics The period of time in which prices not change or not change very much Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-4 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply APPLICATION MEASURING PRICE STICKINESS IN CONSUMER MARKETS APPLYING THE CONCEPTS #1: What does the behavior of prices in consumer markets demonstrate about how quickly prices adjust in the U.S economy? To analyze the behavior of retail prices, economist Anil Kashyap of the University of Chicago examined prices in consumer catalogs He looked at the prices of 12 selected goods from: ▪ L.L Bean ▪ Recreational Equipment, Inc (REI) ▪ The Orvis Company, Inc The goods included shoes, blankets, chamois shirts, binoculars, and a fishing rod and fly What did he find? ▪ Considerable price stickiness ▪ When prices did change, he observed a mixture of both large and small changes ▪ During periods of high inflation, prices tended to change more frequently Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-5 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 9.2 UNDERSTANDING AGGREGATE DEMAND What Is the Aggregate Demand Curve? ● aggregate demand curve (AD) A curve that shows the relationship between the level of prices and the quantity of real GDP demanded Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-6 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 9.2 UNDERSTANDING AGGREGATE DEMAND (cont’d) The Components of Aggregate Demand  FIGURE 9.1 Aggregate Demand The aggregate demand curve plots the total demand for real GDP as a function of the price level The aggregate demand curve slopes downward, indicating that the quantity of aggregate demand increases as the price level in the economy falls Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-7 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 9.2 UNDERSTANDING AGGREGATE DEMAND (cont’d) Why the Aggregate Demand Curve Slopes Downward REAL-NOMINAL PRINCIPLE What matters to people is the real value of money or income—its purchasing power—not the face value of money or income As the purchasing power of money changes, the aggregate demand curve is affected in three different ways: THE WEALTH EFFECT ● wealth effect The increase in spending that occurs because the real value of money increases when the price level falls Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-8 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 9.2 UNDERSTANDING AGGREGATE DEMAND (cont’d) Why the Aggregate Demand Curve Slopes Downward THE INTEREST RATE EFFECT With a given supply of money in the economy, a lower price level will lead to lower interest rates With lower interest rates, both consumers and firms will find it cheaper to borrow money to make purchases As a consequence, the demand for goods in the economy (consumer durables purchased by households and investment goods purchased by firms) will increase THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE EFFECT In an open economy, a lower price level will mean that domestic goods (goods produced in the home country) become cheaper relative to foreign goods, so the demand for domestic goods will increase Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-9 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 9.2 UNDERSTANDING AGGREGATE DEMAND (cont’d) Shifts in the Aggregate Demand Curve CHANGES IN THE SUPPLY OF MONEY An increase in the supply of money in the economy will increase aggregate demand and shift the aggregate demand curve to the right CHANGES IN TAXES A decrease in taxes will increase aggregate demand and shift the aggregate demand curve to the right CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT SPENDING At any given price level, an increase in government spending will increase aggregate demand and shift the aggregate demand curve to the right Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-10 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 9.2 UNDERSTANDING AGGREGATE DEMAND (cont’d) How the Multiplier Makes the Shift Bigger ● autonomous consumption spending The part of consumption spending that does not depend on income ● marginal propensity to consume (MPC) The fraction of additional income that is spent ● marginal propensity to save (MPS) The fraction of additional income that is saved Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-14 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 9.2 UNDERSTANDING AGGREGATE DEMAND (cont’d) How the Multiplier Makes the Shift Bigger multiplier  Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved (1  MPC) 9-15 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 9.3 UNDERSTANDING AGGREGATE SUPPLY ● aggregate supply curve (AS) A curve that shows the relationship between the level of prices and the quantity of output supplied The Long-Run Aggregate Supply Curve ● long-run aggregate supply curve A vertical aggregate supply curve that represents the idea that in the long run, output is determined solely by the factors of production Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-16 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 9.3 UNDERSTANDING AGGREGATE SUPPLY (cont’d) The Long-Run Aggregate Supply Curve  FIGURE 9.4 Long-Run Aggregate Supply In the long run, the level of output, yp, is independent of the price level Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-17 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 9.3 UNDERSTANDING AGGREGATE SUPPLY (cont’d) The Long-Run Aggregate Supply Curve DETERMINING OUTPUT AND THE PRICE LEVEL  FIGURE 9.5 Aggregate Demand and the Long-Run Aggregate Supply Output and prices are determined at the intersection of AD and AS An increase in aggregate demand leads to a higher price level Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-18 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 9.3 UNDERSTANDING AGGREGATE SUPPLY (cont’d) The Short-Run Aggregate Supply Curve ● short-run aggregate supply curve A relatively flat aggregate supply curve that represents the idea that prices not change very much in the short run and that firms adjust production to meet demand Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-19 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 9.3 UNDERSTANDING AGGREGATE SUPPLY (cont’d) The Short-Run Aggregate Supply Curve  FIGURE 9.6 Aggregate Demand and Short-Run Aggregate Supply With a short-run aggregate supply curve, shifts in aggregate demand lead to large changes in output but small changes in price Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-20 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 9.3 UNDERSTANDING AGGREGATE SUPPLY (cont’d) The Short-Run Aggregate Supply Curve What factors determine the costs firms must incur to produce output? The key factors are • Input prices (wages and materials) • The state of technology • Taxes, subsidies, or economic regulations Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-21 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply APPLICATION TWO APPROACHES TO DETERMING THE CAUSES OF RECESSIONS APPLYING THE CONCEPTS #2: How can we determine what factors cause recessions? Economists have used the basic framework of aggregate demand and supply analysis to explain recessions Recessions can occur either when there is a sharp decrease in demand or a decrease in aggregate supply Economic historian Peter Temin looked at all recessions from 1893 to 1990 to determine their causes He found, recessions were caused by many different factors • Sometimes, as in 1929, they were caused by shifts in aggregate demand from the private sector, as consumers cut back their spending • Other times, as in 1981, the government cut back on aggregate demand to reduce inflation • Supply shocks were the cause of the recessions in 1973 and 1979 • The most severe shock hit the U.S economy in 1931 and converted an economic downturn into the Great Depression He believes that foreign monetary developments were the ultimate source of this shock to the U.S economy Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-22 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply APPLICATION HOW THE U.S ECONOMY HAS COPED WITH OIL PRICE FLUCTUATIONS APPLYING THE CONCEPTS #3: Do changes in oil prices always hurt the U.S economy? During the 1970s, the world economy was hit with unfavorable supply shocks that raised prices and lowered output, including spikes in oil prices • Increases in oil prices shift the aggregate supply curve However, they also have an adverse effect on aggregate demand • Because the United States is a net importer of foreign oil, an increase in oil prices is just like a tax that decreases the income of consumers • An increase in taxes will shift the aggregate demand curve to the left Between 1997 and 1998, the price of oil on the world market fell from $22 a barrel to less than $13 a barrel The result: gasoline prices adjusted for inflation were lower than they had been in over 50 years In 2008, oil prices shot up to $145 a barrel • Reason: increased demand throughout the world, particularly in fast-growing countries such as China and India • Although prices fell again in 2009 and 2010, the increase of 2008 helped exacerbate the recession Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-23 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 9.3 UNDERSTANDING AGGREGATE SUPPLY (cont’d) Supply Shocks ● supply shocks External events that shift the aggregate supply curve  FIGURE 9.7 Supply Shock An adverse supply shock, such as an increase in the price of oil, will cause the AS curve to shift upward The result will be higher prices and a lower level of output ● stagflation A decrease in real output with increasing prices Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-24 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 9.4 FROM THE SHORT RUN TO THE LONG RUN  FIGURE 9.8 The Economy in the Short Run In the short run, the economy produces at y0, which exceeds potential output yp Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-25 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 9.4 FROM THE SHORT RUN TO THE LONG RUN (cont’d)  FIGURE 9.9 Adjusting to the Long Run With output exceeding potential, the short-run AS curve shifts upward over time The economy adjusts to the long-run equilibrium at a1 Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-26 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 9.4 FROM THE SHORT RUN TO THE LONG RUN (cont’d) Looking Ahead •The aggregate demand and aggregate supply model in this chapter provides an overview of how demand affects output and prices in both the short run and the long run •The next several chapters explore more closely how aggregate demand determines output in the short run Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-27 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply KEY TERMS aggregate demand curve (AD) multiplier aggregate supply curve (AS) short-run aggregate supply curve autonomous consumption spending short run in macroeconomics consumption function stagflation long-run aggregate supply curve supply shocks marginal propensity to consume (MPC) wealth effect marginal propensity to save (MPS) Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-28 ... Hall All rights reserved 9-5 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 9.2 UNDERSTANDING AGGREGATE DEMAND What Is the Aggregate Demand Curve? ● aggregate demand curve (AD) A curve that shows... prices and the quantity of real GDP demanded Copyright © 2012 Pearson Prentice Hall All rights reserved 9-6 CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply 9.2 UNDERSTANDING AGGREGATE DEMAND (cont’d).. .CHAPTER Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply As we explained in previous chapters, recessions occur when output fails to grow and unemployment rises PREPARED BY Brock Williams