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Comprehensive Macroeconomics Study Guide: Key Concepts and Applications

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Three Key Economic Ideas

Positive and Normative Statements

Circular Flow Diagram

Production Possibilities Frontier (PPF) - Introduction and Productive Efficiency

PPF - Comparative Advantage and Absolute Advantage

PPF - Comparative Advantage and Trade

Introduction to Supply and Demand

The Basics of Demand

Shifting Demand

The Basics of Supply

Shifting Supply

Supply and Demand Together: Equilibrium, Shortage, and Surplus

Expenditure Approach for Measuring GDP

Shortcomings of GDP

Nominal GDP and Real GDP

Other Measures of Total Production and Total Income

Labor Force and Unemployment

Types of Unemployment

Inflation and Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Using CPI to Adjust for Inflation

Problems with the Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Nominal Income and Real Income

Long-Run Economic Growth

Growth Rates and the Rule of 70

Institutions that Promote Economic Growth

Investment, Savings, and the Financial System

Savings Equal Investment

Market for Loanable Funds

Aggregate Demand

Shifting Aggregate Demand

Short Run Aggregate Supply

Long Run Aggregate Supply

AD-AS Model: Equilibrium in the Short Run and Long Run

The Functions of Money; The Kinds of Money

Defining the Money Supply: M1 and M2

Required Reserves and the Deposit Multiplier

Introduction to the Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve and the Money Supply

Quantity Theory of Money

Goals of Monetary Policy

The Demand for Money

Monetary Policy and Aggregate Demand

Expansionary and Contractionary Monetary Policy

Taylor Rule

Introduction to Fiscal Policy

Expansionary and Contractionary Fiscal Policy

Government Purchases and the Multiplier Effect

Taxes, the Multiplier Effect, and Automatic Stabilizers

Long Run Effects of Fiscal Policy

Short Run Phillips Curve

Long Run Phillips Curve

Phillips Curve and Expected Inflation

Phillips Curve and Supply Shocks