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AP Macroeconomics 3.3: Short-Run Aggregate Supply

Explain why SRAS slopes upward with sticky wages and prices and how input costs and inflation expectations shift the curve.

Syllabus
Effective Fall 2025
Course
AP Macroeconomics

Covered syllabus points

MOD-2.C—a. Define (using graphs as appropriate) the short-run aggregate supply (SRAS) curve. b. Explain (using graphs as appropriate) the…MOD-2.D—Explain (using graphs as appropriate) how movement along the SRAS curve implies a relationship between the price level (and…

3.3 Short-Run Aggregate Supply (SRAS) question 1

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The economy of Northland is in short-run equilibrium with an actual unemployment rate of 7% and an actual inflation rate of 1\%. The natural unemployment rate in Northland is 5\%.

Assume instead the government takes none of the preceding policy actions. (Northland is still in short-run equilibrium; the actual unemployment rate is 7%, the actual inflation rate is 1%, and the natural unemployment rate is 5\%.) What will happen to each of the following in the long run?

The short-run aggregate supply curve. Explain.

3.3 Short-Run Aggregate Supply (SRAS) question 2

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A reduction in aggregate demand will necessarily cause an increase in unemployment in the short run when

A

nominal wages or prices are sticky downward

B

nominal wages and prices are flexible

C

the aggregate supply curve is vertical

D

the money supply grows at a constant rate

E

imports exceed exports

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