Consider the situation that the economy is not at its
equilibrium output level. How would the real GDP move without the
intervention of monetary and fiscal policy?
A.The long-run aggregate supply
curve would shift until a new potential GDP is reached.
B.It would go back to the original
GDP level by moving along the short-run aggregate supply curve or
aggregate demand curve.
C.Short-run aggregate supply curve
would shift automatically until it reaches the original
equilibrium.
D.Aggregate demand curve would
shift automatically until it reaches the original equilibrium.
Option C
The automatic process in which the aggregate market adjusts from short-run equilibrium to long-run equilibrium. Self-correction results through shifts of the short-run aggregate supply curve caused by changes in wages (and other resource prices). The self-correction mechanism acts to close both recessionary gaps and inflationary gaps. The short-run aggregate supply curve increases (shifts rightward) due to lower wages to close a recessionary gap and decreases (shifts leftward) due to higher wages to close an inflationary gap.
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