Friday, March 4, 2016

Unit 3: 02/19/16
Full Employment
Equilibrium exists where AD intersects SRAS & LRAS same point.


Recessionary Gap

• a recessionary gap exists when equilibrium occurs below full employment product.full-employment-level-graph.jpgInflationary Gap


Inflationary Gap

• an inflationary gap exists when equilibrium occurs beyond full employment output.


Nominal Wages v. Real Wages (& Sticky Wages)

Nominal wages: the amount of money reviews by a worker per unit of time. (Hour, day) 

Real wages: the amount of goods and services a worker can purchase with their nominal wage... (Purchasing power of your nominal wage)

Sticky wages: nominal wage level, that is set according to an initial price level. ( does not vary due to labor contacts and other restrictions)





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