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The spread of COVID-19 has prevented many people from doing economic activities. It has increased unemployment and reduced consumption. Due to reduced consumption, many companies ended up bankrupt.
1) Draw a diagram to illustrate the state of the economy described above. Be sure to show aggregate demand, short-run aggregate supply, and long-run aggregate supply. What happens to the output and price level in the short run?
2) The government now starts to provide enormous financial support to prevent further corporate bankruptcy. What is the short-run effect of this policy on output and the price level? Explain using a graph.
3) Suppose, after implementing the financial aid for a while, the government has to call off the policy due to insufficient funds. This results in more and more companies ended up bankruptcy. Predict what happens to the economy in the long run.
1)
due to COVID 19 pandemic reduced consumption shift aggregate demand curve left from AD to AD' and increased in unemployment cause leftward shift in short run aggregate supply curve from SRAS to SRAS' this cause left ward shift in potential GDP in long run.
in short run price level remain same at same price level output falls from Y to Y' as shown in diagram.
2)
government giving financial support in short run which is an expansionary monetary policy which cause rightward shift in aggregate demand curve in short run in diagram initial equilibrium was E after fall in consumption and increase in unemployment equilibrium fall from E to E' but after apply expansionary monetary policy aggregate demand shift rightward from AD' to AD' again and at same price level output rises from Y to Y' and it achieve its initial equilibrium point E.
3) due to insufficient funds more company ended up bankruptcy in long run again aggregate demand curve shift to the left because of reduction in consumption in long run COVID 19 reduce consumption but government are not able to finance in long run which cause aggregate demand to fall again and economy again fall its potential GDP fall again to LRAS' and output fall to Y'.
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