If people's expectations about the future of the economy improve (for example, expect wages to go up or for unemployment rates to fall), then the AD curve
A. will not change
B. will shift leftward
C. will shift rightward.
Answer : Option c) will shift rightward
When people's expectations about the future of the economy improve, like say higher wages in the future or lower unemployment rates in the future, what happens is that people tend to worry less about the future and they tend to save less in the present since they start feeling secure about the future of the economy.
Lower savings lead to higher consumption and thus consumption demand increase on an aggregate. This higher consumption demand then translates into a rightward shift of the AD (Aggregate Demand) curve.
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