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Define aggregate expenditure (ae)?
the total amount of spending in the economy: the sum of consumption, planned investment, government purchases and net exports.
What is the aggregate expenditure model?
A macroeconomic model that focuses on the relationship between total spending and real GDP
AE=?
AE=C+I+G+NX
What is the macroeconomic equilibrium?
AE=GDP
If aggregate expenditure is equal to GDP then ...
inventories are unchanged and the economy is in macroeconomic equilibrium
If aggregate expenditure is less than GDP then ...
inventories rise and GDP and employment decreases
If aggregate expenditure is greater than GDP then ...
inventories fall and GDP and employment increase
What are the five most important variables that determine the level of consumption?
1. current disposable income
2. household wealth
3. expected future income
4. the price level
5. the interest rate
Define disposable income?
the income remaining to households after they have paid the personal income tax and received transfer payments
Define consumption function?
the relationship between consumption spending and disposable income.
Define Marginal propensity to consume (MPC)?
The slope of the consumption function: the amount by which consumption spending increases when disposable income increases.
MPC =
Change in consumption / change in income

or

deltaC/deltaYD
changeofY =
changeofC + changeofS + changeofT
Define marginal propensity to save (MPS)?
the change in saving divided by the change in income
MPS =
change in saving /
change in income