2.3 Aggregate Supply

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Aggregate Supply (AS)
The total amount of goods and services produced and supplied by an economy's firms over a period of time.
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Short Run Aggregate Supply (SRAS)
A period of time in which the quantity of at least one factor of production is fixed.
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Long Run Aggregate Supply (LRAS)
A period of time in which the quantities of all inputs can be varied.
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Which way does the Aggregate Supply Curve slope and why?
Upwards from left to right because higher prices for goods and services make output more profitable.
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Influences over the level of supply
Wages, Technology, Costs of materials, Resource availability, Taxes, Exchange Rates.
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Supply Side Shock
Anything that affects firms' costs will cause this.
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What causes a shift in LRAS?
Technological advances; changes in relative productivity, education and skills, government regulations, migration and demographics; natural disaster.
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Equilibrium Output
This is when LRAS is equal to AD in an economy.
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Classical Economists
Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Alfred Marshall.
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Austerity
When the Government is very strict on the budget.
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A period of time in which the quantity of at least one factor of production is fixed.

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Short Run Aggregate Supply (SRAS)

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A period of time in which the quantities of all inputs can be varied.

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Upwards from left to right because higher prices for goods and services make output more profitable.

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Wages, Technology, Costs of materials, Resource availability, Taxes, Exchange Rates.

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