AB/204 AB204 AB 204 UNIT 8 DISCUSSION 1

AB 204 UNIT 8 DISCUSSION 1

Unit 8: Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply - Discussion

General Information:

To be an effective learning tool the Discussion Board topics require your active discussion of the topic with at least two of your classmates.

• First post made during, or before, Saturday.
• Posts on at least 3 different days.
• Responses to at least two other classmates.
• Substantive posts that stimulate further active discussion, posts that accurately reflects the learning, that are logical, and clearly presented with correct spelling, word usage, and grammar.
• To be counted as a substantial post, your main post to the Discussion topics should be at least 200 words per Discussion topic.

Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

The Discussion topics deal with aggregate demand and aggregate supply, and the introduction to basic concepts in open-economy macroeconomics. The specific areas of discussions are the AS-AD model, AS and AD curves, macroeconomic goals, macroeconomic equilibrium, shocks in AS and AD demand, and key concepts in open-economy macroeconomics.

Read Chapters 18 and 20, and remember to include references and links to the websites that you feel are important contributors to your posts (comments). Respond to two of the following Discussion topics.

Topic 1

Aggregate Supply (AS) and Aggregate Demand (AD) model and AS/AD curves are essential to understand macroeconomic fluctuations (business cycles).

1. Discuss the importance AS-AD model in explaining the macroeconomic conditions of the economy and business cycles like recessions.
2. What factors shift AS and AD curves? How do you explain macroeconomic fluctuations using AS-AD model and AS/AD curves?