{"id":325,"date":"2024-05-30T03:23:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T03:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/maec102\/?page_id=325"},"modified":"2024-05-30T03:23:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T03:23:21","slug":"introduction-and-objectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/maec102\/learning-pathways\/aggregate-demand\/introduction-and-objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction and objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:502px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Demande_agr%C3%A9g%C3%A9e_dans_le_mod%C3%A8le_IS-MP.png\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/f\/f4\/Demande_agr%C3%A9g%C3%A9e_dans_le_mod%C3%A8le_IS-MP.png\/500px-Demande_agr%C3%A9g%C3%A9e_dans_le_mod%C3%A8le_IS-MP.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"202\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Aggregate supply curve<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The aggregate demand is the sum of consumption, investment, government expenses, and net exports. Aggregate supply is the total output an economy produces at a given price level. Firms achieve equilibrium when they produce the quantity of goods and services consumers want to buy &#8211; that is, when aggregate supply equals aggregate demand. Here we will examine shifts in aggregate supply and aggregate demand and their short-term and long-term effects for the whole economy.<br style=\"clear:both;\"><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/maec102\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Objectives<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Upon successful completion, you will be able to:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> explain the factors leading to a shift in the consumption function;\n<\/li>\n<li> define short-run equilibrium and long-run equilibrium, and discuss how they differ;\n<\/li>\n<li> graphically represent and interpret a long-run aggregate supply curve, and explain its connection to natural level of unemployment; and\n<\/li>\n<li> describe how short-run equilibriums occur above and below the output level associated with the natural rate of unemployment.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.088 seconds\nReal time usage: 1.381 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 106\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 788\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 2503\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 1006\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key we_en-mw_:pcache:idhash:177042-0!*!*!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20240530032320 and revision id 1035707\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/maec102\/learning-pathways\/the-macroeconomic-model\/outputs-introduction-to-macroeconomic-model-challenge\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/maec102\/learning-pathways\/aggregate-demand\/components-of-aggregate-demand\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"wenote-ids\"><script type='text\/javascript' id='wenotes-ids'>\n    var WEnotesSite = \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\";\n    var WEnotesPath = \"\/Macroeconomics_activity_and_demand\/Aggregate_demand\";\n    var WEnotesSiteID = \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\";\n    var WEnotesPathID = \"fb3aa08d38f1c7ba9b8ab1b6b89d88fd\";\n    var WEnotesIDs = { site: \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\", path: \"\/Macroeconomics_activity_and_demand\/Aggregate_demand\", site_id: \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\", path_id: \"fb3aa08d38f1c7ba9b8ab1b6b89d88fd\" };\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aggregate supply curve The aggregate demand is the sum of consumption, investment, government expenses, and net exports. 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