The Aggregate Demand Curve

question 187

Multiple Choice

The aggregate demand curve

• A) is upward sloping because a higher price level is necessary to make production profitable as production costs rise.
• B) is downward sloping because production costs decline as real GDP increases.
• C) shows the amount of expenditures required to induce the production of each possible level of real GDP.
• D) shows the amount of real GDP that will be demanded at each possible price level.

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Upper Class

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