1. Mr. Bernstein Macro Graphs Review April 2015
AP Economics
Mr. Bernstein
Macro Graphs Review
April 2015

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The Production Possibilities Curve

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Economic Growth
Concave due to “Law of increasing opportunity costs”

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Circular Flow Diagram

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Expanded Circular Flow Diagram

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Money Market
Assumes fixed MS; Y axis is Nominal Rates
Know shifters of MD

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Loanable Funds Market
Supply is upward sloping; Y axis is Real Rates
Know shifters of S, D

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Contractionary Monetary Policy and Rates
Fed sells securities, rates rise

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Contractionary Monetary Policy & the Economy
Increases in rates leads to decrease in Investment, AD

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Long-Run Macroeconomic Equilibrium
Returns to LRAS via shift in SRAS

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Short-Run and Long-Run Effects of Increase in MS
Short-run shift in AD offset by shift in SRAS
LRAS does not shift; only P increases

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Short-Run Phillips Curve
Tradeoff between inflation and unemployment

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Long-Run Phillips Curve
LRPC = Natural Rate of Unemployment

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Exchange Rates
Labeling: think “bottom/bottom”