Unit 5: Chapter 31 The Aggregate Expenditures Model(Closed Economy)

Assumptions and simplifications

Prices are Fixed

GDP = DI

Begin with Private, closed economy

Use the keynesian aggregate expenditure model

Consumption and Investment schedule

Equilibrium GDP: C+ lg = GDP

Investment Demand Curve

Investment Schedule

The level of investment spending determined by real interest rate

Amount of investment determined in various levels of GDP

Graphical Analysis

Tabular Analysis

Aggregate Expenditures

Equilibrium GDP

Real Domestic Output

Disequilibrium

The aggregate expenditure schedule C+ lg is determened by adding lg to the upsloping consumption schedule C

Equilibrium GDP is determened where the aggregate expenditure schedule intersetcs the 45 degree line

Other Features of Equilibrium GDP

Savings equals planned investment

No unplanned changes in inventories

Savings is a Leakage of spending

Investment is an Injection of spending

Firms do not chnage production