The Keynesian System IV:

Aggregate Supply and Demand

Chapter 9

Professor Steve Cunningham

Intermediate Macroeconomics
ECON 219

Constructing AD
The

AD curve can be constructed

from the IS-LM apparatus.
Recall that the price level is
established outside the IS-LM model.
We construct AD by observing the
how changes in the price level affect
the IS-LM model.
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AD from IS-LM
1. Price levels are
increased, with P0<P1<P2.
2. LM shifts to the left with
increasing P because real
money balances decline.

LM(P2)
LM(P1)
LM(P0)

r2
r1
r0

IS

3. Interest rates rise.

Y2

4. Investment and durable

goods expenditures fall
as interest rates rise.
5. Plot prices levels against
the resulting output (Y)
levels.
6. This is aggregate
demand.
7. Thus AD is embedded in
the logic of IS-LM.

Y1

Y0

P2
P1
P0

AD
Y2

Y1

Y0

Constructing AS
To

do this we go back to our classical

model and observe the effects of
having a fixed nominal wage.
A less extreme view is to consider
nominal wages as being sticky
meaning they adjust relatively slowly.

Sources of Wage Rigidity (1)

General

wage changes vs. relative wage

changes
General wage changes

If real wages (w/P) decline because of inflation

(P), then everyone suffers the same. This is a
general real wage decline, and all workers are
equally affected.
Thus workers are do not react as strongly to
this. Even if they did, there is little that they
could do about it.
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Sources of Wage Rigidity (2)

Relative

wage change

If an employer reduces the wages of an

individual worker, the workers relative
wage and buying power are affected.
The worker may permanently have to
live decreased relative buying power.
The worker may become disgruntled,
and labor supply may become reduced.
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Sources of Wage Rigidity (3)

Institutional

factors:

Workers often accept explicit or implicit

contracts for employment, accepting
that they will not be re-evaluated for
nominal wage changes for an extended
period.
This leads to a contractual view of the
labor market.
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AS from
IS-LM

P
w0

AS

w/p

Nd

Y=F(N,K)
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NOTES:
1.

2.

3.

4.

w0

Employment and
output result from
AD increases.
That is, labor
demand is derived
demand. Firms
employ labor based
upon conditions in
the aggregate goods
and services market.

AD

AD2

AD0

w/p

AD1

Y Y

(w/p)

As prices rise, the

real wages fall,
making labor more
attractive.
As more workers are
employed, output
increases.

AS

N
Nd

Y=F(N,K)
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LM

The Keynesian Model:

Summary
LM : M 0 L(Y , r )
IS : I (r ) G0 S(Y T0 ) T0

IS
P

w0

IS LM I *, S *, M *,Y *, r *
C * C(Y T0 )
AD C I G0
AS Y *
1

N * F (Y *, K 0 )
d

Y
AS

AD

w/p

N s N s (w 0 / p ) N d * (w 0 / p ) *
w0
P*
w0 / P

Nd

Y=F(N,K)

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LM0

Policy: Fed Increases

the Money Supply
1. LM Curve is shifted to the
right (neg. intercept is
increased)

r
IS
P

w0

2. Interest rates fall, stimulating

the interest-sensitive sectors
of the economy. AD rises
(shifts to right).

Y
AS
AD1
AD0

3. Firms see higher prices,

w/p
increased demand, and lower
real wages, so they increase
output by increasing
employment.
4. Nominal wages do not
change.

LM1

Y
N
Nd

Y=F(N,K)

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Policy: Increase in
Government Spending
(no Tax Increase)
1. IS Curve is shifted to the
right. Interest rates rise.

LM

r
r

IS0
P

w0

2. AD = C + I + G rises (shifts
to right).
3. Firms see higher prices,
increased demand, and
lower real wages, so they
increase output by
increasing employment.

IS1

Y
AS
AD1
AD0

w/p

4. Nominal wages do not

change.

N
Nd

Y=F(N,K)

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Aggregate Supply:
Improvement in
Production Technology
1. Production function swings
outward, shifting AS curve to
the right.
2. Aggregate price level falls,
real money supply increases,
so LM Curve is shifted to the
right (neg. intercept is
increased)
3. Firms see higher real wages
and increased productivity,
so they decrease employment.

LM0

LM1

r
IS
P

w0

Y
AS

AD0

w/p

Y
N

4. Nominal wages do not

change.

Nd

Y=F(N,K)

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Liquidity Trap
r

r
Ms

S(Y)
S>I

r*

Md
M*

I
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Investment Trap
r

r
Ms

S(Y)
S>I

r*
Md
M*

r*

I
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Real Balance Effects (Pigou)

LM(P1)
LM(P0)

r
r1

P
P1
P0

AD1
AD0
Y

r0
IS+G
IS
Y*

Y
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Real Balance Effects (Pigou)

r

LM(P0)=LM(P1)

P1
P0

r0=r1

AD1
AD0
Y

IS+G
IS
Y0=Y1

M0 M1

P0
P1

Y
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