Aggregate Expenditure

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Aggregate Expenditure
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C H A P T E R C H E C K L I S T

• When you have completed your study of this
  chapter, you will be able to

Distinguish between autonomous expenditure and
induced expenditure and explain how real GDP
influences expenditure plans.
Explain how real GDP adjusts to achieve
equilibrium expenditure.
Describe and explain the expenditure multiplier.
Derive the AD curve from equilibrium expenditure.
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A QUICK REVIEW AND PREVIEW

• The Economy at Full Employment
• At full employment, real GDP equals potential GDP
  and the unemployment rate equals the natural
  unemployment.
• Potential GDP and the natural unemployment rate
  are determined by real factors and are
  independent of the price level.

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A QUICK REVIEW AND PREVIEW

• The quantity of money and money equilibrium
  determine nominal GDP.
• Nominal GDP and potential GDP determine the price
  level.
• So changes in the quantity of money change
  nominal GDP and the price level but have no
  effect on potential GDP.

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A QUICK REVIEW AND PREVIEW

• Departures from Full Employment
• Aggregate supply and aggregate demand determine
  equilibrium real GDP and the price level.
• Fluctuations in aggregate supply and aggregate
  demand bring fluctuations around full employment.
• In this chapter, youll learn amore about the
  forces that change aggregate demand.

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A QUICK REVIEW AND PREVIEW

• Fixed Price Level
• In the aggregate expenditure model, the price
  level is fixed.
• The model explains
• What determines the quantity of real GDP demanded
  at a given price level.
• What determines changes the quantity of real GDP
  at a given price level.

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15.1 EXPENDITURE PLANS AND REAL GDP

• From the circular flow of expenditure and income,
  aggregate expenditure is the sum of
• Consumption expenditure, C
• Investment, I
• Government expenditure on goods and services, G
• Net exports, NX
• Aggregate expenditure C I G NX.

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15.1 EXPENDITURE PLANS AND REAL GDP

• Planned and Unplanned Expenditures
• Motorola decides to produce 11 million cell
  phones in 2005.
• Motorola plans to sell 10 million phones and to
  put 1 million into inventory.
• People and firms makes their expenditure plans,
  and they decide to buy 9 million phones from
  Motorola.
• Planned expenditure on phones is 10 million (9
  million 1 million), which is less than
  production of 11 million.

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15.1 EXPENDITURE PLANS AND REAL GDP

• Aggregate expenditure equals aggregate income and
  real GDP.
• But aggregate planned expenditure might not equal
  real GDP because firms might end up with up more
  or less inventories than planned.
• Aggregate planned expenditure is planned
  consumption expenditure plus planned investment
  plus planned government expenditure plus planned
  exports minus planned imports.

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15.1 EXPENDITURE PLANS AND REAL GDP

• Firms make their planned production and they pay
  incomes that equal the value of production, so
  aggregate income equals real GDP.
• Households and governments make their planned
  purchases and net exports are as planned.
• Firms make their planned expenditure on new
  buildings, plant, and equipment, and their
  planned inventory changes.

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15.1 EXPENDITURE PLANS AND REAL GDP

• If aggregate planned expenditure equals GDP, the
  change in firms inventories equals the planned
  change.
• If aggregate planned expenditure exceeds GDP,
  firms inventories are smaller than planned.
• If aggregate planned expenditure is less than
  GDP, firms inventories are larger than planned.

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15.1 EXPENDITURE PLANS AND REAL GDP

• Notice that actual expenditure, which equals
  planned expenditure plus the unplanned change in
  firms inventories, always equals GDP and
  aggregate income.
• Unplanned changes in firms inventories lead to
  changes in production and incomes.
• If unwanted inventories have piled up, firms
  decrease production, which decreases real GDP.
• If inventories have fallen below their target
  levels, firms increase production, which
  increases real GDP.

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15.1 EXPENDITURE PLANS AND REAL GDP

• Autonomous Expenditure and Induced Expenditure
• Autonomous expenditure
• The components of aggregate expenditure that do
  not change when real GDP changes.
• Autonomous expenditure equals investment plus
  government expenditure plus exports plus the
  components of consumption expenditure and imports
  that are not influenced by real GDP.

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15.1 EXPENDITURE PLANS AND REAL GDP

• Induced expenditure
• The components of aggregate expenditure that
  change when real GDP changes.
• Induced expenditure equals consumption
  expenditure minus imports (excluding the elements
  of consumption expenditure and imports that are
  part of autonomous expenditure).

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15.1 EXPENDITURE PLANS AND REAL GDP

• The Consumption Function
• Consumption function
• The relationship between consumption expenditure
  and disposable income, other things remaining the
  same.
• Disposable income is aggregate income (GDP) minus
  net taxes.
• Net taxes are taxes paid to the government minus
  transfer payments received from the government.

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15.1 EXPENDITURE PLANS AND REAL GDP

• Figure 15.1 shows the consumption function.

Each dot corresponds to a column of the table.
Point A shows that autonomous consumption is 1.5
trillion.
As disposable income increases, consumption
expenditure increasesinduced consumption.
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15.1 EXPENDITURE PLANS AND REAL GDP

• Along the 45 line, consumption expenditure
  equals disposable income.

1. When the consumption function is above the 45
line, saving is negative (dissaving occurs).
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15.1 EXPENDITURE PLANS AND REAL GDP
2. When the consumption function is below the 45
line, saving is positive.

• 3. At the point where the consumption function
  intersects the 45 line, all disposable income is
  consumed and saving is zero.

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15.1 EXPENDITURE PLANS AND REAL GDP

• Marginal Propensity to Consume
• Marginal propensity to consume (MPC) is the
  fraction of a change in disposable income that is
  spent on consumption.

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15.1 EXPENDITURE PLANS AND REAL GDP

• Figure 15.2 shows how to calculate the marginal
  propensity to consume.

1. A 2 trillion change in disposable income
brings
2. A 1.5 trillion change in consumption
expenditure, so...
3. The MPC is 1.5 trillion 2.0 0.75.
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15.1 EXPENDITURE PLANS AND REAL GDP

• Other Influences on Consumption
• The factors that influence planned consumption
  are
• Disposable income
• Real interest rate
• The buying power of net assets
• Expected future disposable income

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15.1 EXPENDITURE PLANS AND REAL GDP

• A change in disposable income leads to a change
  in consumption expenditure and a movement along
  the consumption function.
• A change in any other influence on planned
  consumption shifts the consumption function.
• For example,
• When the real interest rate decreases, or the
  buying power of net assets increases, or expected
  future income increases, consumption expenditure
  increases.

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15.1 EXPENDITURE PLANS AND REAL GDP

• When the real interest rate increases, or the
  buying power of net assets decreases, or expected
  future income decreases, consumption expenditure
  decreases.

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15.1 EXPENDITURE PLANS AND REAL GDP

• Figure 15.3 shows shifts in the consumption
  function.

• 1. Consumption expenditure increases and the
  consumption function shifts upward if
• The real interest rate falls
• The buying power of net assets increases
• Expected future income increases

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15.1 EXPENDITURE PLANS AND REAL GDP

• 2. Consumption expenditure decreases and the
  consumption function shifts downward if
• The real interest rate rises
• The buying power of net assets decreases
• Expected future income decreases

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15.1 EXPENDITURE PLANS AND REAL GDP

• Imports and GDP
• Consumption expenditure is one major component of
  induced expenditure, imports are the other.
• In the short run, the factor influencing imports
  is U.S. real GDP.
• Marginal propensity to import is the fraction of
  an increase in real GDP that is spent on imports.
  
• The marginal propensity to import equals the
  change in imports divided by the change in real
  GDP that brought it about.

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15.2 EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURE

• Aggregate Planned Expenditure and GDP
• Consumption expenditure increases when disposable
  income increases.
• Disposable income equals aggregate incomereal
  GDPminus net taxes, so disposable income and
  consumption expenditure increase when real GDP
  increases.
• We use this link between consumption expenditure
  and real GDP to determine equilibrium expenditure.

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15.2 EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURE

• Figure 15.4 shows the AE curve.

Aggregate expenditure is the sum of
Investment (I),
Government expenditure (G),
Exports (X),
Consumption expenditure (C)
minus Imports (M).
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15.2 EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURE

• Equilibrium Expenditure
• Equilibrium expenditure is the level of aggregate
  expenditure when aggregate planned expenditure
  equals real GDP.
• Equilibrium expenditure equals the real GDP at
  which the AE curve intersects the 45 line.

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15.2 EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURE

• Figure 15.5 shows equilibrium expenditure.

1. When aggregate planned expenditure exceeds
real GDP, an unplanned decrease in inventories
occurs.
2. When aggregate planned expenditure is less
than real GDP, an unplanned increase in
inventories occurs.
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15.2 EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURE
3. When aggregate planned expenditure equals real
GDP, there are no unplanned inventories and real
GDP remains at equilibrium expenditure.
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15.2 EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURE

• Convergence to Equilibrium
• At equilibrium expenditure, production plans and
  spending plans agree, and there is no reason to
  change production or spending.
• But when aggregate planned expenditure and actual
  aggregate expenditure are unequal, production
  plans and spending plans are misaligned, and a
  process of convergence toward equilibrium
  expenditure occurs.
• Throughout this convergence process, real GDP
  adjusts.

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15.2 EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURE

• Back at Motorola
• Recall that in 2005 Motorola has unwanted
  inventories.
• So in 2006, Motorola cuts production.
• Where does the process end?
• The process ends when expenditure equilibrium is
  reached.
• Equilibrium expenditure is reached because when
  real GDP changes by 1 aggregate planned
  expenditure changes by less than 1.

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15.2 EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURE

• When aggregate planned expenditure is less than
  real GDP, firms cut production. Real GDP
  decreases.
• When real GDP decreases, aggregate planned
  expenditure decreases. But real GDP decreases by
  more than planned expenditure, so eventually the
  gap between planned expenditure and actual
  expenditure closes.

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15.2 EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURE

• Similarly, when aggregate planned expenditure
  exceeds real GDP, firms increase production. Real
  GDP increases.
• But real GDP increases by more than the increase
  in planned expenditure.
• Eventually, the gap between planned expenditure
  and actual expenditure is closed.

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15.3 THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER

• When investment increases, aggregate expenditure
  and real GDP also increase.
• But the increase in real GDP is larger than the
  increase in investment.
• The multiplier is the amount by which a change in
  any component of autonomous expenditure is
  magnified or multiplied to determine the change
  that it generates in equilibrium expenditure and
  real GDP.

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15.3 THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER

• The Basic Idea of the Multiplier
• The initial increase in investment brings an even
  bigger increase in aggregate expenditure because
  it induces an increase in consumption
  expenditure.
• The multiplier determines the magnitude of the
  increase in aggregate expenditure that results
  from an increase in investment or another
  component of autonomous expenditure.

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15.3 THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER

• Figure 15.6 illustrates the multiplier.

1. A 0.5 trillion increase in investment shifts
the AE curve upward by 0.5 trillion from AE0 to
AE1.
2. Equilibrium expenditure increases by 2
trillion from9 trillion to 11 trillion.
3. The increase in equilibrium expenditure is 4
times the increase in investment, so the
multiplier is 4.
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15.3 THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER

• The Size of the Multiplier
• The multiplier
• The amount by which a change in autonomous
  expenditure is multiplied to determine the change
  in equilibrium expenditure that it generates.
• That is,

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15.3 THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER

• Why Is the Multiplier Greater Than 1?
• The multiplier is greater than 1 because an
  increase in autonomous expenditure induces an
  increase in aggregate expenditure in addition to
  the increase in autonomous expenditure.

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15.3 THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER

• The Multiplier and the MPC
• The greater the marginal propensity to consume,
  the larger is the multiplier.
• Ignoring imports and income taxes, the change in
  real GDP (?Y) equals the change in consumption
  expenditure (?C) plus the change in investment
  (?I).
• That is,
• ?Y ?C ?I

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15.3 THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER

• ?Y ?C ?I
• But the change in consumption expenditure is
  determined by the change in real GDP and the
  marginal propensity to consume.
• It is
• ?C MPC ? ?Y
• Now substitute MPC ? ?Y for ?C in the equation at
  the top of the screen
• ?Y MPC ? ?Y ?I

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15.3 THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER

• Now solve for ?Y as
• (1 MPC) ? ?Y ?I
• Rearrange to get

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15.3 THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER

• Now, divide both sides of the by the ?I to give

When MPC is 0.75, so the multiplier is
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15.3 THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER

• The Multiplier, Imports, and Income Taxes
• The size of the multiplier depends not only on
  consumption decisions but also on imports and
  income taxes.
• Imports make the multiplier smaller than it
  otherwise would be because only expenditure on
  U.S.-made goods and services increases U.S. real
  GDP.
• The larger the marginal propensity to import, the
  smaller is the change in U.S. real GDP that
  results from a change in autonomous expenditure.

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15.3 THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER

• Income taxes make the multiplier smaller than it
  would otherwise be.
• With increased incomes, income tax payments
  increase and disposable income increases by less
  than the increase in real GDP.
• Because disposable income influences consumption
  expenditure, the increase in consumption
  expenditure is less than it would if income tax
  payments had not changed.

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15.3 THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER

• The marginal tax rate determines the extent to
  which income tax payments change when real GDP
  changes.
• The marginal tax rate is the fraction of a change
  in real GDP that is paid in income taxesthe
  change in tax payments divided by the change in
  real GDP.
• The larger the marginal tax rate, the smaller is
  the change in disposable income and real GDP that
  results from a given change in autonomous
  expenditure.

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15.3 THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER

• The marginal propensity to import and the
  marginal tax rate together with the marginal
  propensity to consume determine the multiplier.
• Their combined influence determines the slope of
  the AE curve.
• The general formula for the multiplier is

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15.3 THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER

• Figure 15.7 shows the multiplier and the slope of
  the AE curve.

With no imports and income taxes, the slope of
the AE curve equals the marginal propensity to
consume, which in this example is 0.75.
A 0.5 trillion increase in investment increases
real GDP by 2 trillion. The multiplier is 4.
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15.3 THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER

• With imports and income taxes, the slope of the
  AE curve is less than the marginal propensity to
  consume.

In this example, the slope of the AE curve is 0.5.
A 0.5 trillion increase in investment increases
real GDP by 1 trillion. The multiplier is 2.
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15.3 THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER

• Business-Cycle Turning Points
• The forces that bring business-cycle turning
  points are the swings in autonomous expenditure
  such as investment and exports.
• The mechanism that gives momentum to the
  economys new direction is the multiplier.

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15.3 THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER

• An expansion is triggered by an increase in
  autonomous expenditure that increases aggregate
  planned expenditure.
• At the moment the economy turns the corner into
  expansion, aggregate planned expenditure exceeds
  real GDP.
• In this situation, firms see their inventories
  taking an unplanned dive.

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15.3 THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER

• The expansion now begins.
• To meet their inventory targets, firms increase
  production, and real GDP begins to increase.
• This initial increase in real GDP brings higher
  incomes, which stimulate consumption expenditure.
  
• The multiplier process kicks in, and the
  expansion picks up speed.

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15.3 THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER

• The process works in reverse at a business cycle
  peak.
• A recession is triggered by a decrease in
  autonomous expenditure that decreases aggregate
  planned expenditure.
• At the moment the economy turns the corner into
  recession, real GDP exceeds aggregate planned
  expenditure.

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15.3 THE EXPENDITURE MULTIPLIER

• In this situation, firms see unplanned
  inventories piling up.
• The recession now begins.
• To reduce their inventories, firms cut
  production, and real GDP begins to decrease.
• This initial decrease in real GDP brings lower
  incomes, which cut consumption expenditure.
• The multiplier process reinforces the initial cut
  in autonomous expenditure, and the recession
  takes hold.

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15.4 THE AD CURVE AND EQUILIBRIUM

• Deriving the AD Curve from Equilibrium
  Expenditure
• The AE curve is the relationship between
  aggregate planned expenditure and real GDP when
  all other influences on expenditure plans remain
  the same.
• A movement along the AE curve arises from a
  change in real GDP.

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15.4 THE AD CURVE AND EQUILIBRIUM

• The AD curve is the relationship between the
  quantity of real GDP demanded and the price level
  when all other influences on expenditure plans
  remain the same.
• A movement along the AD curve arises from a
  change in the price level.

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15.4 THE AD CURVE AND EQUILIBRIUM

• Equilibrium expenditure depends on the price
  level.
• When the price level changes, other things
  remaining the same, aggregate planned expenditure
  changes and equilibrium expenditure changes.
• Aggregate planned expenditure changes because a
  change in the price level changes the buying
  power of net assets, the real interest rate, and
  the real prices of exports and imports.
• So when the price level changes, the AE curve
  shifts.

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Figure 15.8 shows the connection between the AE
curve and the AD curve.
When the price level is 110, the AE curve is AE0.
Equilibrium expenditure is 10 trillion at point
B.
The quantity of real GDP demanded at the price
level of 110 is 10 trillionone point on the AD
curve.
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15.4 THE AD CURVE AND EQUILIBRIUM
When the price level falls to 90, the AE curve
shifts upward to AE1.
Equilibrium expenditure increases to 11 trillion
at point C.
The quantity of real GDP demanded at the price
level of 90 is 11 trilliona movement along the
AD curve to point C.
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15.4 THE AD CURVE AND EQUILIBRIUM
When the price level rises to 130, the AE curve
shifts downward to AE2.
Equilibrium expenditure decreases to 9 trillion
at point A.
The quantity of real GDP demanded at the price
level of 130 is 9 trilliona movement along the
AD curve to point A.
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Multipliers in YOUR Life

• You can see multipliers in your daily your life
  if you look in the right places and in the right
  way.

Look for a major construction project that is
going on near your home or school. What supplies
do you see being delivered to the site? How many
workers are employed on the site? Where do the
supplies and workers come from? Whose income is
higher because of the purchases of supplies and
jobs of construction workers? Where do
construction workers and suppliers spend their
incomes? Are their purchases creating jobs for
other people?