Macroeconomics (Book Only)
Macroeconomics (Book Only)
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ISBN: 9781285738314
Author: Roger A. Arnold
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 9, Problem 1VQP
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Illustrate diagrammatically how a self-regulating economy removes itself from a recessionary gap.

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Figure-1 shows the recessionary gap as follows:

Macroeconomics (Book Only), Chapter 9, Problem 1VQP

In Figure-1, the horizontal axis measures the real GDP and the vertical axis measures the price level.

If the economy is in the recessionary gap, then the level of output is less than the full employment level. Since there  is surplus in the labor market, wage rate decreases, and it shifts the short-run aggregate supply (SRAS)) curve rightward. Thus, the equilibrium point occurs at Point 2 in Figure-1.

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