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Core Principles and Models in Macroeconomics: Study Notes

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Three Key Economic Ideas

Positive and Normative Statements

Factors of Production

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

Detailed Explanation of GDP Components

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)

Problems with the Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Nominal Income and Real Income

Nominal Interest, Real Interest, and the Fisher Equation

Long-Run Economic Growth

Investment, Savings, and the Financial System

Introduction to Fiscal Policy

Expansionary and Contractionary Fiscal Policy

Taxes, the Multiplier Effect, and Automatic Stabilizers

Government Purchases and the Multiplier Effect

Long Run Effects of Fiscal Policy

Phillips Curve and Expected Inflation

Short Run Phillips Curve

Long Run Phillips Curve