In: Economics
Use and aggregate supply (upsloping range) and aggregate demand diagram to demonstrate the following. For each problem state the determinant and what happens to the price level and RGDP.
1. Consumer confidence grows for third straight month.
2. A technological breakthrough lowers the cost of energy.
3. the government engages in a new highway building program.
4. A series of natural disasters disrupt production and delivery of goods.
5. Laws are tightened to make immigration more difficult and this leads to labor shortages.
6. interest falls.
7. Productivity rises
8. Labor strikes cause an interruption in shipment of parts
9. Increased graduation rates for schools lead to more-skilled workforce.
10. Stock and bonds markets soar