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Everything else being the same, what is the effect of an increase in interest rates on the price level? Discuss the process of adjustment to the new equilibrium.
( A rise in the price level reduces people's wealth ( wealth effect ) the purchasing power of assets owned falls , so consumption spending will fall as the price level rises . The interest rate effect explains that as outputs rise when price level rises , the same purchases will take more money or credit to be accomplished . This additional demand for money and credit will push interest rates higher .
Thus an increase in the price level (i.e., inflation) will cause an increase in average interest rates in an economy . In contrast, a decrease in the price level (deflation) will cause a decrease in average interest rates in an economy .)
Now interest rate rises first here , this causes investment spending to fall . Investment spending is a part of Aggregate Demand . So real GDP falls . This means that price level rises because AD curve depicts an inverse relation between price level and real GDP .