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Explaining the Keynesian Aggregate Supply Curve
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Last updated 18 Dec 2022
This short revision video looks at the Keynesian aggregate supply curve
What is the Keynesian Aggregate Supply Curve?
The Keynesian aggregate supply curve is non-linear where the elasticity of aggregate supply is dependent in part on the level of spare productive capacity at different stages of a nation’s economic cycle.
What helps to explain the Keynesian Aggregate Supply Curve?
When spare capacity is high, aggregate supply will be elastic: this means that a rise in aggregate demand can be met easily by increased output and there is little threat of rising prices (inflation)
The elasticity of the aggregate supply curve falls as a country moves through an economic cycle:
- The amount of spare capacity declines
- There is the possibility of diminishing returns in production
- Bottlenecks appear in the supply of key inputs including skilled labour
When AS is perfectly inelastic, an economy is at full capacity (equivalent to being on the PPF boundary); this means that further increases in AD are purely inflationary in the short run with little extra real output
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