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5335859198Aggregate Supply CurveShows the relationship between the aggregate price level and the quantity of aggregate output supplied in the economy.0
5335874905Aggregate Price LevelA measure of the overall level of prices in the economy1
5335877462Aggregate OutputThe economy's total production of final goods and services for a given time period, usually a year.2
5335885452Real GDPThe numerical measure of aggregate output typically used by economists.3
5335896066Nominal WageThe dollar amount of the wage paid.4
5335898790Sticky WagesNominal wages that are slow to fall even in the face of high unemployment and slow to rise even in the face of labor shortages.5
5335908339Short-run Aggregate Supply CurveShows the relationship between the aggregate price level and the quantity of aggregate output supplied that exists in the short run, the time period when many production costs can be taken as fixed.6
5335951490Long-Run Aggregate Supply CurveShows the relationship between the aggregate price level and the quantity of aggregate output supplied that would exist if all prices, including nominal wages, were fully flexible.7
5335966408Potential OutputThe level of real GDP the economy would produce if all prices including nominal wages were fully flexible.8
5335984791Determinants of Short-Run Aggregate SupplyFactors that cause the short-run aggregate supply curve to shift to the left or the right.9
5336001789Decrease in Short-Run Aggregate SupplyProducers reduce the quantity of aggregate output they are willing to supply at any given aggregate price level. (left shift of SRAS)10
5336012501Increase in Short-Run Aggregate SupplyProducers increase the quantity of aggregate output they are willing to supply at any given price level. (right shift of SRAS)11
5336040699CommodityA standardized input bought and sold in bulk quantities.12
5336068375ProductivityA measure of the amount of output produced with a given amount of productive factors; normally it refers to labor but it can apply to all factors of production.13

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