Economics HL
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Unit 1 - Intro To Econ & Core Concepts
Unit 2 - Microeconomics
Unit 3 - Macroeconomics
Unit 4 - The Global Economy
Economics HL
Unit 3 - Macroeconomics
Impact of Contractionary Monetary Policy on Aggregate Demand
480 words
3 mins read
Last edited on 5th Nov 2024
Table of content
What's happening when inflation strikes
- Inflation = Prices rising fast! 😲
- Imagine your favorite chocolate bar cost suddenly skyrocketing. Not cool, right?
- Inflationary Gap = Economy's going too fast, like a car speeding.
Policymakers to the rescue
- They'll use contractionary (or tight) monetary policy to slow things down.
- Imagine they're hitting the brakes on the economy car.
How do they do it
- Increase interest rates by decreasing the money supply
- Selling bonds through open market.
- Like turning down the tap of money.
The effects on spending (AD- Aggregate Demand)
- Consumption (C)
- Borrowing becomes more expensive: Like if your credit card's interest skyrocketed, you'd buy fewer video games.
- People save more, spend less: Like putting more allowance in the piggy bank instead of buying snacks.
- Investment (I)
- Businesses find it costly to borrow: So they'll build fewer new shops.
- Opportunity cost rises for investment: If you had to choose between buying a bike or investing the money, higher interest might make you invest.
- Net Exports (NX)
- Country’s currency value goes up: Imagine the dollar getting a power-up; it costs more for other countries to buy our stuff.
- Exports become expensive, decreasing sales abroad: Like if our chocolate bars cost too much in another country, they'd buy fewer.
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Economics HL
Unit 3 - Macroeconomics
Impact of Contractionary Monetary Policy on Aggregate Demand
480 words
3 mins read
Last edited on 5th Nov 2024
Table of content
What's happening when inflation strikes
- Inflation = Prices rising fast! 😲
- Imagine your favorite chocolate bar cost suddenly skyrocketing. Not cool, right?
- Inflationary Gap = Economy's going too fast, like a car speeding.
Policymakers to the rescue
- They'll use contractionary (or tight) monetary policy to slow things down.
- Imagine they're hitting the brakes on the economy car.
How do they do it
- Increase interest rates by decreasing the money supply
- Selling bonds through open market.
- Like turning down the tap of money.
The effects on spending (AD- Aggregate Demand)
- Consumption (C)
- Borrowing becomes more expensive: Like if your credit card's interest skyrocketed, you'd buy fewer video games.
- People save more, spend less: Like putting more allowance in the piggy bank instead of buying snacks.
- Investment (I)
- Businesses find it costly to borrow: So they'll build fewer new shops.
- Opportunity cost rises for investment: If you had to choose between buying a bike or investing the money, higher interest might make you invest.
- Net Exports (NX)
- Country’s currency value goes up: Imagine the dollar getting a power-up; it costs more for other countries to buy our stuff.
- Exports become expensive, decreasing sales abroad: Like if our chocolate bars cost too much in another country, they'd buy fewer.
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