lectures in macroeconomics- charles w. upton incorporating real business cycles

Lectures in Macroeconomics- Charles W. Upton

Incorporating Real Business Cycles

Incorporating Real Business Cycles

A Combined Graph

PMYSLR SSR

D

Incorporating Real Business Cycles

A Drought

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D

A drought causes a decline in productivity

Incorporating Real Business Cycles

Shift in Yf

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D

YfYfd

Incorporating Real Business Cycles

Shift in P Curve

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D

YfYfd

Incorporating Real Business Cycles

Shift in P Curve

PMYSLR SSR

D

YfYfd

The P curve comes about because of LS

effects, not changes in A; A shift in A will also shift

that curve

Incorporating Real Business Cycles

A Digression

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D

YfYfd

Incorporating Real Business Cycles

Shift in Y Curve

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D

YfYfd

Incorporating Real Business Cycles

Shift in M Curve

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D

YfYfd

Incorporating Real Business Cycles

Equilibrium

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D

YfYfd

Inflation

Yfd < Y < Yf

U>Un

Incorporating Real Business Cycles

The Ambiguity in R

Incorporating Real Business Cycles

The Bottom Line

PMYSLR SSR

D This is not a replacement, just a

richer model

Incorporating Real Business Cycles

End

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