Diagrams showing how shifts in aggregate demand (AD) and aggregate supply (AS) affect macroeconomic equilibrium – real GDP and price level (PL) Includes short-run aggregate supply (SRAS) and long-run aggregate supply (LRAS) and classical and Keynesian view of LRAS curves. A simple macroeconomic equilibrium where AD = AS. Increase in AD when economy is close …
Diseconomies of scale occur when long-run average costs start to rise with increased output. Economies of scale occur up to Q1. After output Q1, long-run average costs start to rise. Reasons for dis-economies of scale Poor communication in a large firm. It can be hard to communicate ideas and new working practices. Alienation: Working in …
Despite high unemployment in the UK, there is a shortage of LGV drivers and it is estimated that the UK will need an extra 150,000 drivers by 2020. In Nottinghamshire, it is estimated that for every nine vacancies there is only one qualified candidate. (link) The average age of a (LGV) Large Goods Vehicle driver …
Emerging markets are defined as economies which are making the transition from a low income / developing economy to a high income ‘developed’ economy. Key emerging markets include: China, India, Brazil, Mexico. Emerging markets are mostly based in South East Asia (excluding Japan) and Latin America. Emerging markets often have a high rate of economic …
Readers Question: Seeing the recent releases of positive UK data come through, I’ve been thinking whether these are signs of a recovery or it is too soon to say. To what extent is the recent run of positive data across sectors a sign of a balanced & sustained recovery in the UK? (question 7th. Nov) …
My Q: can you see any reason the ECB can’t do a version of QE for Greece? Not necessarily the US/UK way of buying bank bonds and hoping; there may be other ways? But if they could do it somehow, interest-free, so that the new money gets out into the economy, with the proviso that …
When measuring the largest / best economies, there are different ways of ranking countries. Nominal GDP in $US. This is the simplest measure and shows the actual final market value of GDP produced in the economy. It is useful for comparing levels of international trade. It uses the official exchange rate. GDP in Purchasing Power …
The ILO recently produced their growth and wages report for 2012/13. This suggested that across the developing world, labour markets are being characterised by falling real wages and a decline in labour’s share of national income. In particular: Real wage growth has been flat – even negative in the past few years. There is an …