Use the Model of Dynamic Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply

question 50

Essay

Use the model of dynamic aggregate demand and aggregate supply to graphically illustrate the impact on output and inflation of an exceptional weather pattern that results in a one-period glut of food worldwide that reduces food prices (a one-period negative supply shock) when the economy is initially at long-run equilibrium. Explain the time path of output and inflation in words.

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