Zusammenfassung der Ressource
2.6 - Aggregate supply as an influence
on Australia’s economic activity
- Define: AS is the Represents the sum of
quantity of goods and services supplied
by firms such partnerships, franchises
and government business enterprises.
- Represents the sum of quantity of
goods and services supplied by firms
such partnerships, franchises and
government business enterprises.
- The development of
aggregate supply-side theory
- main determinant of
economic activity.
- Supply creates its
own demand. More
goods and services
supplied, the more
income is created
and the greater
level of demand
and spending
- can be overproduction and
underproduction since
spending should match
incomes
- Demand and supply work
together
- The effect of changes in aggregate supply
on economic activity
- long term - can increase economic
activity and production by spending
more. The economy will soon hit
productive capacity and reach its
limit for AS.
- short medium term is AD
- When productive capacity is reached,
increases in volume of goods and services
supplied can increase depending on a nations
motivation to produce.
- Capacity however depends on aggregate supply
factors. These evoke both quantity of resources
available and how efficiently they are used.
- Motivation comes via profits
- How more favourable aggregate supply side
conditions can increase economic activity
- nations productive
capacity is reached, AS is
limited and economy
cannot grow. Economic
activity will only expand if
more favourable
aggregate supply side
conditions develop
- eg) the discovery of additional minerals,
technological breakthroughs, improved
organisation skills, lower production
costs, higher profits and increased work
productivity.
- When firms become
more motivated due to
these developments, the
nations productive
capacity or AS increases
creating a sustainable
plain for economic
activity.
- How less favourable aggregate supply
side conditions can increase economic
activity
- cause productive capacity to shrink.
Some of these developments are
resources being depleted,
- droughts, floods, storms, destroying of
infrastructure and capacity, drop in worker
efficiency, strikes and overall drops in
business profits.
- Regardless if the AD levels are
sufficient, a fall in AS which reduce
our potential and level of economic
activity.
- gov makes policies to control and
make sure more favourable supply
side conditions are put in place to lift
AS
- The development of more favourable supply side
conditions can increase AS and sustain economic
activity.
- The development of less favourable supply side conditions can decrease AS and create reduced economic
activity.
- Aggregate supply and its supply
sided determinants
- AS - quantity of all goods and services
produced by every Australian firm over a
year
- affects more long term, especially the
business conditions that reflect the supply
side conditions
- If the supply side
conditions affecting
productions generally
become more
favourable, AS grows
because firms are more
willing and able to life
productive activity. And
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