Get the latest news and market analysis from our in-house experts. Real GDP shows the value of an economy’s output, adjusted for any changes in inflation, interest rates or other factors which could ...

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The difference between market demand and aggregate demand delineates the fundamental difference between microeconomics and macroeconomics. Microeconomics is concerned with the supply and demand of ...

In an article in this journal (fall 1985), Hansen, McCormick, and Rives argued that the derivation of the aggregate demand curve rested on a flimsey foundation. Barron and Lynch defend the commonly ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The paper argues that the derivation of the aggregate demand curve in the new Keynesian literature is insufficient to provide the theoretical ...

In recent days I've been doing some reading to try to understand the Austrian theory of the business cycle. One of the fundamental things that separates the Austrian School from most other ...

Increases in credit and debit card spending is fueling aggregate demand and helps explain why the current bout of inflation has not been transitory and will run hot for some time. Exiting 2021, total ...

My first bit of evidence [that the short run is over] is corporate profits. They are at an all time high, around two-and-a-half times higher in nominal terms than they were during the late 1990s, our ...

Economic theory is something that you can spend years studying, but you will find that almost every concept you may encounter traces back to the simple understanding of supply and demand. This makes ...

It's tough enough for a small business to survive in a down economy, to say nothing of achieving hoped-for growth by opening additional locations, expanding a product line or targeting new markets.