Assignment:
Answer all of the following questions in Microsoft Word file with complete questions and answers:
1. Determine whether each of the following situations (a, b and c) would cause a shift of the aggregate demand curve, a shift of the aggregate supply curve (Long run and Short run), neither, or both.
• Which curve shifts, and in which direction? What happens to aggregate output and the price level in each case? Is there an expansionary, contractionary, or no gap between the potential output and the actual output? And, is the unemployment rate lower or higher than the natural rate of unemployment.
• You can show all the above information by means of a graph that has Long Run Aggregate Supply, Short Run Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand.
• You do not need to explain in words if you chose to graph this information. Graphs can be hand drawn and then scanned a pdf document for attachment.
a. Consumer confidence declines.
b. The supply of resources increases i.) temporary increase, ii.) permanent increase
c. The wage rate increases